81R8840 KKA-F
By: Aycock H.B. No. 2512
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization to make an audio recording of a meeting or
proceeding arising from a grievance reported by a public school
employee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.171, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 11.171. SCHOOL DISTRICT GRIEVANCE POLICY. (a) A
school district grievance policy must permit a school district
employee to report a grievance against a supervisor that alleges
the supervisor's violation of the law in the workplace or the
supervisor's unlawful harassment of the employee to a supervisor
other than the supervisor against whom the employee intends to
report the grievance.
(b) A school district grievance policy must permit that an
audio recording may be made of any meeting or proceeding at which
the substance of a grievance that complies with the policy is
investigated or discussed. The recording may be made by a district
employee present at the meeting or proceeding or by the person
conducting the meeting or proceeding. If a recording is made, each
district employee or other person present at the meeting or
proceeding must be informed before the recording begins that the
recording will occur.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.