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Texas Education Code § 22A.154

Reporting to Law Enforcement

Employee and Service Provider Misconduct · Persons Not Eligible for Employment or Provision of Services

(a) In this section, "law enforcement agency" means:

(1) the Department of Public Safety;

(2) the police department of a municipality;

(3) the sheriff's office of a county; or

(4) a constable's office of a county.

(b) The agency shall refer to an appropriate law enforcement agency any allegation of misconduct that results in the inclusion of a person in the registry that has not already been referred to a law enforcement agency.

(c) The agency shall refer any allegation of misconduct to an appropriate law enforcement agency if the agency believes the allegation includes evidence of criminal conduct.

(d) The agency shall maintain a record of each allegation of misconduct referred to a law enforcement agency under this section.

Official text of the Texas Education Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (S.B. 571), Sec. 1.18, eff. June 20, 2025.