By: Gervin-Hawkins, et al. H.B. No. 4687         (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt)          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2025;   May 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on   Education K-16; May 25, 2025, reported favorably by the following   vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 25, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability   laws to certain charter school campuses or programs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.057(c), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  A campus or program granted a charter under Section   12.052, 12.0521(a)(1), or 12.053 is immune from liability to the   same extent as a school district, and its employees and volunteers   are immune from liability to the same extent as school district   employees and volunteers.  A member of the governing body of the   campus or program is immune from liability and suit to the same   extent as a school district trustee.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 12, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 12.2525 to read as follows:          Sec. 12.2525.  IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY AND SUIT. An   eligible entity granted a charter under this subchapter is immune   from liability and suit in matters related to the operation of an   adult education program under the charter to the same extent as a   school district, and its employees and volunteers are immune from   liability and suit to the same extent as school district employees   and volunteers.  A member of the governing body of the entity is   immune from liability and suit to the same extent as a school   district trustee.          SECTION 3.  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.     * * * * *