LIABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS DURING PANDEMIC EMERGENCY.
Tex. CIV. PRAC. & REM Code § 148.004.
in effect(a) In this section, "educational institution" means an institution or program that facilitates learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, or habits. The term includes:
(1) a public or private preschool, child-care facility, primary or secondary school, college, or university;
(2) an institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003 , Education Code; and
(3) a private or independent institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003 , Education Code.
(b) An educational institution is not liable for damages or equitable monetary relief arising from a cancellation or modification of a course, program, or activity of the institution if the cancellation or modification arose during a pandemic emergency and was caused, in whole or in part, by the emergency.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 528 (S.B. 6 ), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2021.