Texas Education Code

§ 51B.102 — CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS PROHIBITED

ED § 51B.102Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51B. HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND PROTECTION · Art. C. ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS AND STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS

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(a)An institution of higher education may not participate in an academic partnership with a foreign source of a foreign adversary, or an entity controlled by a foreign adversary, that:

(1)constrains the institution's freedom of contract;

(2)allows the institution's curriculum or values to be directed, controlled, or influenced by the foreign adversary; or

(3)promotes an agenda detrimental to the safety or security of this state, the residents of this state, or the United States.

(b)The council shall establish:

(1)best practices to be used by an institution of higher education when entering into an academic partnership with a foreign source of a foreign adversary; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 127), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.