TITLE: Relating to protection for a public school employee's refusal to participate in certain inclusivity policies.

SUMMARY: Relating to protection for a public school employee's refusal to participate in certain inclusivity policies.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to protection for a public school employee's refusal to participate in certain inclusivity policies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 22.903 to read as follows: Sec. 22.903. PROTECTION FOR REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN INCLUSIVITY POLICIES. A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a district or school employee who, because of the employee's sincerely held religious beliefs, refuses to: (1) complete the LGBTQ Inclusivity in Schools: A Self-Assessment Tool published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; or (2) implement a district or school policy based on a recommendation provided by that publication. 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.