Texas Education Code

§ 22.054 — LIABILITY OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

ED § 22.054Title 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 private or independent institution of higher education is not liable for damages arising from an act or omission of a person associated with the institution, including an employee or student, arising in the course and scope of that person's activities as a volunteer in a primary or secondary school.

(b)A school district may agree to provide or pay for attorney services for the defense of a private or independent institution of higher education if:

(1)the institution is assisting in the provision of volunteer services to primary or secondary schools in the district;

(2)a claim for damages is brought against the institution in relation to those services; and

(3)the board of trustees of the school district reasonably believes that the institution is not liable for the claim under Subsection (a).

(c)In this section:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.