Section 148.004 - Liability of Educational Institutions for Certain Actions During Pandemic Emergency(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.Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 148.004
Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 528,Sec. 3, eff. 6/14/2021, op. to an action commenced on or after March 13, 2020, for which a judgment has not become final before the effective date of this Act.