Texas § 51B.102 CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS PROHIBITED.

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§ 51B.102 — CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS PROHIBITED.

Texas § 51B.102

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Tex. Education Code Code Ann. § 51B.102 (2026).

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Sec. 51B.102. CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS PROHIBITED.

(a)An institution of higher education may not participate in an academic partnership with a foreign source of a foreign adversary, or an entity controlled by a foreign adversary, that:

(1)constrains the institution's freedom of contract;

(2)allows the institution's curriculum or values to be directed, controlled, or influenced by the foreign adversary; or

(3)promotes an agenda detrimental to the safety or security of this state, the residents of this state, or the United States.

(b)The council shall establish:

(1)best practices to be used by an institution of higher education when entering into an academic partnership with a foreign source of a foreign adversary; and

(2)a process by which an institution of higher

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Sec. 51B.102. CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS PROHIBITED. (a) An institution of higher education may not participate in an academic partnership with a foreign source of a foreign adversary, or an entity controlled by a foreign adversary, that:
(1) constrains the institution's freedom of contract;
(2) allows the institution's curriculum or values to be directed, controlled, or influenced by the foreign adversary; or
(3) promotes an agenda detrimental to the safety or security of this state, the residents of this state, or the United States.
(b) The council shall establish:
(1) best practices to be used by an institution of higher education when entering into an academic partnership with a foreign source of a foreign adversary; and
(2) a process by which an institution of higher education annually shall certify to the council the institution's compliance or noncompliance with the best practices established under Subdivision (1).
(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the council shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report identifying each institution of higher education that did not certify the institution's compliance with the best practices under Subsection (b) in the 12 months preceding the date of the report.