Texas § ED.51.290 - RESPONSIBLE AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE

§ ED.51.290. RESPONSIBLE AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE

RESPONSIBLE AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE; STUDENT ADVOCATE. (a) Each postsecondary educational institution shall: (1) designate: (A) one or more employees to act as responsible employees for purposes of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Section 1681 et seq.); and (B) one or more employees as persons to whom students enrolled at the institution may speak confidentially concerning sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; and (2) inform each student enrolled at the institution of the responsible and confidential employees designated under Subdivision (1). (b) A postsecondary educational institution may designate one or more students enrolled at the institution as student advocates to whom other students enrolled at the institution may speak confidentially concerning sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. The institution shall notify each student enrolled at the institution of the student advocates designated under this subsection. (c) A confidential employee designated under Subsection (a)(1)(B) or a student advocate designated under Subsection (b) may not disclose any communication made by a student to the employee or advocate unless the student consents to the disclosure or the employee or advocate is required to make the disclosure under state or federal law. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 1735 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.