Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Education Code § 11.006: PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY ADMINISTRATORS.

(a) In this section, "administrator" means a person who has significant administrative duties relating to the operation of a school district, including the operation of a campus, program, or other subdivision of the district. The term does not include:
(1) a school district employee whose employment contract responsibilities primarily include the in-classroom instruction of students; or
(2) a trustee of a school district.
(b) An administrator may not receive any financial benefit for the performance of personal services for:
(1) any business entity that conducts or solicits business with the school district that employs the administrator;
(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), an education business that provides services regarding the curriculum or administration of any school district; or
(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), another school district, open-enrollment charter school, or regional education service center.
(c) An administrator, other than a member of a board of managers, superintendent, or assistant superintendent, may receive a financial benefit under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) if:
(1) a written contract describing the services to be performed by the administrator is provided to the board of trustees of the administrator's employing district; and
(2) the board of trustees for the administrator's employing district votes to approve the contract after determining that:
(A) the contract will not harm the district;
(B) the arrangement does not present a conflict of interest; and
(C) the services to be performed by the administrator will be performed entirely on the administrator's personal time.
(d) A contract provided to a board of trustees under Subsection (c) is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(e) An administrator who violates this section is liable to the state for a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000 for each violation.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1177 (H.B. 3372), Sec. 1, eff. June 22, 2025.

Where this section sits in the code

EDUCATION CODE
TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION
SUBTITLE C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE
CHAPTER 11. SCHOOL DISTRICTS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(1) a school district employee whose employment contract responsibilities primarily include the in-classroom instruction of students; or

(2) a trustee of a school district.

(b) An administrator may not receive any financial benefit for the performance of personal services for:

(1) any business entity that conducts or solicits business with the school district that employs the administrator;

(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), an education business that provides services regarding the curriculum or administration of any school district; or

(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), another school district, open-enrollment charter school, or regional education service center.

(c) An administrator, other than a member of a board of managers, superintendent, or assistant superintendent, may receive a financial benefit under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) if:

(1) a written contract describing the services to be performed by the administrator is provided to the board of trustees of the administrator's employing district; and

(2) the board of trustees for the administrator's employing district votes to approve the contract after determining that:

(A) the contract will not harm the district;

(B) the arrangement does not present a conflict of interest; and

(d) A contract provided to a board of trustees under Subsection (c) is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(e) An administrator who violates this section is liable to the state for a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000 for each violation.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1177 (H.B. 3372), Sec. 1, eff. June 22, 2025.

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