Texas Education Code

§ 51.290 — RESPONSIBLE AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE; STUDENT ADVOCATE

ED § 51.290Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION · Art. E-3. SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL ASSAULT, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING

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(a)Each postsecondary educational institution shall:

(1)designate:

(A)one or more employees to act as responsible employees for purposes of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Section 1681 et seq.); and

(B)one or more employees as persons to whom students enrolled at the institution may speak confidentially concerning sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; and

(2)inform each student enrolled at the institution of the responsible and confidential employees designated under Subdivision (1).

(b)A postsecondary educational institution may designate one or more students enrolled at the institution as student advocates to whom other students enrolled at the institution may speak confidentially concerning sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. The institution shall notify each student enrolled at the institution of the student advocates designated under this subsection.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.