{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-11.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 11.006","heading":"PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY ADMINISTRATORS.","body":"(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:\n(1) a school district employee whose employment contract responsibilities primarily include the in-classroom instruction of students; or\n(2) a trustee of a school district.\n(b) An administrator may not receive any financial benefit for the performance of personal services for:\n(1) any business entity that conducts or solicits business with the school district that employs the administrator;\n(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), an education business that provides services regarding the curriculum or administration of any school district; or\n(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), another school district, open-enrollment charter school, or regional education service center.\n(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:\n(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\n(2) the board of trustees for the administrator's employing district votes to approve the contract after determining that:\n(A) the contract will not harm the district;\n(B) the arrangement does not present a conflict of interest; and\n(C) the services to be performed by the administrator will be performed entirely on the administrator's personal time.\n(d) A contract provided to a board of trustees under Subsection (c) is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1177 (H.B. 3372), Sec. 1, eff. June 22, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE","CHAPTER 11. SCHOOL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.11.htm#11.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"ee89f2b65c8d6e92e9de5508dff90b252ce01b5e5891ef9bd84a22c0e18b8c54","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-11.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-11.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}