Tex. Education Code § 51B.201
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 51B.201, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 51B.201. FOREIGN TRAVEL.
Official statutory text
(a) An institution of higher education shall establish an international travel approval and monitoring program.
(b) The program must establish a risk-based framework for employment-related foreign travel approval, including health, safety, and security factors.
(c) A research security office must preapprove certain employment-related foreign travel according to the risk-based framework established under the program. The preapproval must require a traveling employee to review and acknowledge guidance related to foreign adversaries or countries under sanctions or other restrictions by this state or the United States government.
(d) A traveling employee must agree to comply with the institution of higher education's limitation on travel and activities abroad and all applicable federal laws.
(b) The program must establish a risk-based framework for employment-related foreign travel approval, including health, safety, and security factors.
(c) A research security office must preapprove certain employment-related foreign travel according to the risk-based framework established under the program. The preapproval must require a traveling employee to review and acknowledge guidance related to foreign adversaries or countries under sanctions or other restrictions by this state or the United States government.
(d) A traveling employee must agree to comply with the institution of higher education's limitation on travel and activities abroad and all applicable federal laws.
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