Bill Text: TX SB1779 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting certain contracts or agreements between a public institution of higher education and a Confucius Institute.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1779 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1779-Introduced.html
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By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1779 |
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relating to prohibiting certain contracts or agreements between a | ||
public institution of higher education and a Confucius Institute. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 51.9235 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.9235. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS WITH CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE | ||
PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "institution of higher | ||
education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, an | ||
institution of higher education that enters into a contract or | ||
other agreement with a Confucius Institute may not receive any | ||
state funding during the term of the contract or agreement unless | ||
the contract or agreement includes clear provisions that: | ||
(1) protect academic freedom at the institution; | ||
(2) prohibit the application of any foreign law on any | ||
campus of the institution; and | ||
(3) grant full managerial authority of the Confucius | ||
Institute to the institution, including full control over the | ||
subjects taught, the activities carried out, any research grants | ||
made, and the selection of employees by the Confucius Institute. | ||
(c) This section does not apply to funds that an institution | ||
of higher education is entitled to receive under the Texas | ||
Constitution. | ||
(d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall | ||
adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |