| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 2512 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to audio recordings of certain grievance proceedings or |
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| 6 | 6 | | meetings by school district employees. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 11.171, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 9 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 11.171. SCHOOL DISTRICT GRIEVANCE POLICY. (a) A |
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| 11 | 11 | | school district grievance policy must permit a school district |
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| 12 | 12 | | employee to report a grievance against a supervisor that alleges |
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| 13 | 13 | | the supervisor's violation of the law in the workplace or the |
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| 14 | 14 | | supervisor's unlawful harassment of the employee to a supervisor |
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| 15 | 15 | | other than the supervisor against whom the employee intends to |
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| 16 | 16 | | report the grievance. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) A school district grievance policy must permit an |
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| 18 | 18 | | employee who reports a grievance to make an audio recording of any |
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| 19 | 19 | | meeting or proceeding at which the substance of a grievance that |
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| 20 | 20 | | complies with the policy is investigated or discussed. The |
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| 21 | 21 | | implementation of this subsection may not result in a delay of any |
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| 22 | 22 | | timeline provided by the grievance policy and does not require the |
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| 23 | 23 | | district to provide equipment for the employee to make the |
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| 24 | 24 | | recording. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 26 | 26 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | 28 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2512 was passed by the House on April |
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| 29 | 29 | | 9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 30 | 30 | | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 31 | 31 | | No. 2512 on May 18, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 present, not voting. |
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| 33 | 33 | | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 35 | 35 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2512 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 36 | 36 | | amendments, on May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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| 37 | 37 | | 0. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 40 | 40 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Date |
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| 42 | 42 | | __________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Governor |
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