HB506 - Relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and organizations from providing training and insurance and risk pool contracts to public educational entities.

      By: Hayes H.B. No. 506       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and   organizations from providing training and insurance and risk pool   contracts to public educational entities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding   Section 1.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   1.008.     RESTRICTION ON ENTITIES THAT MAY PROVIDE   CERTAIN TRAINING AND CONTRACTS TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.   A nonprofit state association or organization that primarily   represents school boards of trustees or other public educational   institutions and adopts as part of its mission statement or   organizing principles a concept described by Section   28.0022(a)(4)(A) may not provide directly or by subsidiary or   contract with a third party to a public primary or secondary school   in this state, the Texas Education Agency, or a regional education   service center:                 (1)  any training or instruction; or                 (2)     contracts of any value for insurance or   participation in a risk pool.          SECTION 2.  Section 1.008, Education Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A contract entered into before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued   in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.