Texas Education Code

§ 51B.251 — REVIEW OF EDUCATION SOFTWARE

ED § 51B.251Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51B. HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND PROTECTION · Art. F. FOREIGN ADVERSARY EDUCATION SOFTWARE

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(a)The council, in coordination with the coordinating board, shall:

(1)conduct a thorough review of the use of testing, tutoring, or other education software owned or controlled by a foreign adversary or a company domiciled or headquartered in a foreign adversary; and

(2)publish a list of prohibited software on the coordinating board's Internet website.

(b)An institution of higher education may not enter into or renew a contract to provide testing, tutoring, or other education software included on the list published under Subsection (a)(2).

Legislative history

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