By: Aycock (Senate Sponsor - Davis) H.B. No. 2512
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2009;
April 27, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 11, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0;
May 11, 2009, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2512 By: Gallegos
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to audio recordings of certain grievance proceedings or
meetings by school district employees.
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 an
employee who reports a grievance to make an audio recording of any
meeting or proceeding at which the substance of a grievance that
complies with the policy is investigated or discussed. The
implementation of this subsection may not result in a delay of any
timeline provided by the grievance policy and does not require the
district to provide equipment for the employee to make the
recording.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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