Texas Education Code

§ 51.984 — USE OF INSTITUTION FACILITIES BY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION

ED § 51.984Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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(a)In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b)An institution of higher education may allow a religious organization to use the institution's facilities to host religious worship, services, sermons, or assemblies only if:

(1)the use of the facilities does not interfere with the institution's primary educational mission;

(2)the religious organization provides the fair market rental value or reimbursement for utilities, security, and other costs related to the use of the facilities as determined by the institution or the institution's governing board, unless waived by the institution or the institution's governing board;

(3)the religious organization agrees to be held liable for any damages that occur in the organization's use of the facilities;

(4)the religious organization is subject to the same rental terms for the use of the facilities that a nonreligious organization would be subjected to for that use; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1037 (S.B. 2986), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.