Texas Education Code
§ 29.0475 — PROGRAM PARTICIPANT, PROVIDER, AND VENDOR AUTONOMY
ED § 29.0475Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 29. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · Art. A-1. PARENT-DIRECTED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Statute text
View on source(a)A provider of supplemental services or vendor of supplemental instructional materials that receives money distributed under the program is not a recipient of federal financial assistance on the basis of receiving that money.
(b)A rule adopted or action taken related to the program by an individual, governmental entity, court of law, or program administrator may not:
(1)consider the actions of a provider of supplemental services, vendor of supplemental instructional materials, or program participant to be the actions of an agent of state government;
(2)limit:
(A)a provider of supplemental services' ability to determine the methods used to educate the provider's students or to exercise the provider's religious or institutional values; or
(B)a program participant's ability to determine the participant's educational content or to exercise the participant's religious values;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 4.31, eff. June 20, 2025. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1137 (S.B. 568), Sec. 31, eff. June 20, 2025.