Bill Text: TX SB452 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to requiring the approval of the governing board of a public institution of higher education for the hiring of certain institution employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [SB452 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB452-Introduced.html

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89R3207 KJE-D
By: Middleton S.B. No. 452

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the approval of the governing board of a
public institution of higher education for the hiring of certain
institution employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.3522 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.3522. HIRING OF DEPARTMENT HEAD. (a) The governing
board of an institution of higher education shall approve or
disapprove the hiring of the head of each department at the
institution.
(b) An institution of higher education may not hire a person
to act as the head of a department at the institution unless the
governing board approves the hire.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.