Texas Education Code

§ 22.0512 — IMMUNITY FROM DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES

ED § 22.0512Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 22. SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Art. B. CIVIL IMMUNITY

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(a)A professional employee of a school district may not be subject to disciplinary proceedings for the employee's use of physical force against a student to the extent justified under Section 9.62, Penal Code.

(b)In this section, "disciplinary proceeding" means:

(1)an action brought by the school district employing a professional employee of a school district to discharge or suspend the employee or terminate or not renew the employee's term contract; or

(2)an action brought by the State Board for Educator Certification to enforce the educator's code of ethics adopted under Section 21.041(b)(8).

(c)This section does not prohibit a school district from:

(1)enforcing a policy relating to corporal punishment; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1197, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.