Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 118.001 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 118.001Title 5. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY · Ch. 118. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR CERTAIN ACTS OR OMISSIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Open-enrollment charter school" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code.

(2)"Professional school employee" includes:

(A)a superintendent or administrator serving as educational leader and chief executive officer of the school, principal or equivalent chief operating officer, teacher, including a substitute teacher, supervisor, social worker, school counselor, nurse, and teacher's aide employed by a public school;

(B)a teacher employed by a company that contracts with a public school to provide the teacher's services to the school;

(C)a student in an education preparation program participating in a field experience or internship;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (H.B. 4623), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.