HB4687

HB4687 extends school-district-style immunity protections to specified charter-school governing bodies and adult high school charter programs. It was signed and took effect June 20, 2025.

For a campus or program chartered under Education Code Sections 12.052, 12.0521(a)(1) or 12.053, a governing-body member now has immunity from liability and suit to the same extent as a school district trustee. Existing immunity for the campus or program, its employees and volunteers remains. The new provision is the governing-member sentence; it does not newly create every protection in Section 12.057.

For an eligible entity actually granted an adult high school charter under Chapter 12, Subchapter G, new Section 12.2525 provides immunity from liability and suit in matters related to operating the adult education program under that charter, to the same extent as a school district. Employees and volunteers receive the corresponding school-district protections; governing-body members receive the corresponding trustee protections.

“Eligible entity” does not mean every adult-learning business. Section 12.256 identifies eligible nonprofits, districts, certain charter operators and public higher-education institutions, together with experience requirements; HB4687 additionally requires an issued charter.

Immunity can restrict both whether a suit may proceed and whether damages may be recovered. The law ties protection to the corresponding school-district standard; it does not promise absolute immunity from every claim, excuse criminal conduct or erase all education-law duties. The outcome of a particular lawsuit depends on the applicable legal exceptions and facts.