Texas school districts could be held liable for sexual misconduct involving teachers and students thanks to a new state law.

State Representative Mitch Little from Lewisville discussed that law on Wednesday at a press conference at the Collin County courthouse in McKinney, where a pending lawsuit against Celina ISD accuses a former football coach of filming students undressing in the boys locker room.

The law, which went into effect Sep. 1, says school districts that are grossly negligent or reckless in hiring, supervising or employing someone who commits sexual misconduct against a student or fail to report suspected child abuse can be held liable for that employee’s actions in civil court.

Little ,who filed House Bill 4623, which recently became law, said he hoped the new law would

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