89R1592 CXP-D     By: King S.B. No. 326       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's   violation of a public school's or public institution of higher   education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 37.0095 to read as follows:          Sec. 37.0095.  ANTISEMITISM: DISCIPLINARY ACTION. In taking   disciplinary action against a student for behavior that violates   the student code of conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and that   may reasonably be determined to have been motivated by   antisemitism, a school district or open-enrollment charter school   shall consider the definition of antisemitism provided by Section   448.001, Government Code, including the examples referenced in that   term, as instructive in determining whether the student's behavior   was motivated by antisemitism.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.9791 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.9791.  ANTISEMITISM: DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) In   this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning   assigned by Section 61.003.          (b)  In taking disciplinary action against a student for   behavior that violates the institution's student code of conduct   and that may reasonably be determined to have been motivated by   antisemitism, an institution of higher education shall consider the   definition of antisemitism provided by Section 448.001, Government   Code, including the examples referenced in that term, as   instructive in determining whether the student's behavior was   motivated by antisemitism.          SECTION 3.  (a) Section 37.0095, Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.          (b)  Section 51.9791, Education Code, as added by this Act,   applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.