Texas Education Code

§ 21.417 — RESOURCES, INCLUDING LIABILITY INSURANCE, FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS

ED § 21.417Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 21. EDUCATORS · Art. I. DUTIES AND BENEFITS

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(a)From funds appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose, the agency shall contract with a third party to provide the following services for a classroom teacher employed under a probationary, continuing, or term contract:

(1)assistance in understanding the teacher's rights, duties, and benefits; and

(2)liability insurance to protect a teacher against liability to a third party based on conduct that the teacher allegedly engaged in during the course of the teacher's duties.

(b)A school district may not interfere with a classroom teacher's access to services provided under this section.

(c)A contract entered into by the agency to provide services under Subsection (a) must prohibit the entity with which the agency contracts from using funds received under the contract to engage in:

(1)conduct that a state agency using appropriated money is prohibited from engaging in under Chapter 556, Government Code; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 1.03, eff. June 20, 2025.