Texas Education Code
§ 51.9246 — COMPENSATION AND PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF STUDENT ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS
ED § 51.9246Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Athlete agent" has the meaning assigned by Section 2051.001, Occupations Code.
(2)"General academic teaching institution" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
(3)"Honor code" means a set of rules or principles governing an academic community to which a student agrees to abide when attending an institution to which this section applies.
(4)"Institutional contract" means a contract between an institution to which this section applies or its designated representative and an external party that includes a sponsorship agreement governing the use of the institution's trademarks in connection with athletics.
(5)"Team contract" means a contract between a student athlete and an institution to which this section applies and includes any rules or expectations of the institution's athletic department or head coach that require a student athlete's compliance as a condition under the contract of participation as a member of the intercollegiate athletic program. (a-1) For purposes of this section, official team activities of an intercollegiate athletic program at an institution to which this section applies include any activity the institution designates as an official team activity.
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 512 (H.B. 2804), Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 332 (H.B. 126), Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 332 (H.B. 126), Sec. 2, eff. June 5, 2025.