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

Tex. Education Code § 51.255: FAILURE TO REPORT OR FALSE REPORT; OFFENSES.

Where this section sits in the code

EDUCATION CODE
TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER E-2. REPORTING INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL ASSAULT, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) is required to make a report under Section 51.252 and knowingly fails to make the report; or

(2) with the intent to harm or deceive, knowingly makes a report under Section 51.252 that is false.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the actor intended to conceal the incident that the actor was required to report under Section 51.252.

(c) A postsecondary educational institution shall terminate the employment of an employee whom the institution determines in accordance with the institution's disciplinary procedure to have committed an offense under Subsection (a).

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 958 (S.B. 212), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:05Z. Source file · JSON

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