89R15794 GP-D     By: Parker S.B. No. 2333       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to resources for public school classroom teachers,   including liability insurance.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 21.417 to read as follows:          Sec. 21.417.  RESOURCES, INCLUDING LIABILITY INSURANCE, FOR   CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a)  From funds appropriated or otherwise   available for the purpose, the agency shall contract with a third   party to provide the following services for a classroom teacher   employed under a probationary, continuing, or term contract:                (1)  assistance in understanding the teacher's rights,   duties, and benefits; and                (2)  liability insurance to protect a teacher against   liability to a third party based on conduct that the teacher   allegedly engaged in during the course of the teacher's duties.          (b)  A school district may not interfere with a classroom   teacher's access to services provided under this section.          (c)  A contract entered into by the agency to provide   services under Subsection (a) must prohibit the entity with which   the agency contracts from using funds received under the contract   to engage in:                (1)  conduct that a state agency using appropriated   money is prohibited from engaging in under Chapter 556, Government   Code; and                (2)  political activities or advocacy for issues   regarding public schools, including for boards of trustees of   school districts or school districts.          (d)  This section may not be interpreted to interfere with a   classroom teacher's or other school district employee's exercise of   a right protected by the First Amendment to the United States   Constitution.          SECTION 2.  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.