Tex. Educ. Code § 22.0512 · Subchapter B. CIVIL IMMUNITY
IMMUNITY FROM DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A professional employee of a school district may not be subject to disciplinary proceedings for the employee's use of physical force against a student to the extent justified under Section 9.62, Penal Code.
(b) In this section, "disciplinary proceeding" means:
(1) an action brought by the school district employing a professional employee of a school district to discharge or suspend the employee or terminate or not renew the employee's term contract; or
(2) an action brought by the State Board for Educator Certification to enforce the educator's code of ethics adopted under Section 21.041(b)(8).
(c) This section does not prohibit a school district from:
(1) enforcing a policy relating to corporal punishment; or
(2) notwithstanding Subsection (a), bringing a disciplinary proceeding against a professional employee of the district who violates the district policy relating to corporal punishment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1197, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.22.htm
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- Tex. Educ. Code § 22.05125IMMUNITY FROM DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS.Printed as Section 22.0512
- Tex. Educ. Code § 30.024EMPLOYEES OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.Printed as Sections 22.0511, 22.0512, 22.052, and 22.053
- Tex. Educ. Code § 30.055EMPLOYEES OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.Printed as Sections 22.0511, 22.0512, 22.052, and 22.053
- Tex. Educ. Code § 38.0041POLICIES ADDRESSING SEXUAL ABUSE AND OTHER MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN.Printed as Section 22.0512(b)
- Tex. Educ. Code § 79.10TEXAS ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE.Printed as Sections 22.0511, 22.0512, and 22.052
- Tex. Educ. Code § 87.505TEXAS ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES.Printed as Sections 22.0511, 22.0512, and 22.052
- Tex. Educ. Code § 105.301ESTABLISHMENT; SCOPE.Printed as Section 22.0511, 22.0512, or 22.052
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