{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.0512","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 22.0512","heading":"IMMUNITY FROM DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.","body":"(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.\n(b) In this section, \"disciplinary proceeding\" means:\n(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\n(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).\n(c) This section does not prohibit a school district from:\n(1) enforcing a policy relating to corporal punishment; or\n(2) notwithstanding Subsection (a), bringing a disciplinary proceeding against a professional employee of the district who violates the district policy relating to corporal punishment.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1197, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","CHAPTER 22. SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","SUBCHAPTER B. CIVIL IMMUNITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.22.htm#22.0512","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"b9a4713698efedfcaa166ff196e9fa9cfb7d55714b05e2ba8b80edb2abece9f2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.0511","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.05121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}