Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 118.001 · Chapter 118. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR CERTAIN ACTS OR OMISSIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Open-enrollment charter school" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code.
(2) "Professional school employee" includes:
(A) a superintendent or administrator serving as educational leader and chief executive officer of the school, principal or equivalent chief operating officer, teacher, including a substitute teacher, supervisor, social worker, school counselor, nurse, and teacher's aide employed by a public school;
(B) a teacher employed by a company that contracts with a public school to provide the teacher's services to the school;
(C) a student in an education preparation program participating in a field experience or internship;
(D) a school bus driver certified in accordance with standards and qualifications adopted by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;
(E) a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district or a member of the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school; and
(F) any other person employed by a public school whose employment requires certification and the exercise of discretion.
(3) "Public school" means an independent school district or an open-enrollment charter school.
(4) "Sexual misconduct" means sexual abuse or conduct described by Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (H.B. 4623), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 20A.02TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.02CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF YOUNG CHILD OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.07PUBLIC LEWDNESS.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.08INDECENT EXPOSURE.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.11INDECENCY WITH A CHILD.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.12IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATOR AND STUDENT.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.15INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.16UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.165UNLAWFUL PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.17VOYEURISM.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.18SEXUAL COERCION.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.19UNLAWFUL ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VISUAL MATERIAL.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.011SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.012INDECENT ASSAULT.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.021AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.25SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD.Printed as Section 20A.02, 21.02, 21.07, 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 43.25, Penal Code
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