H.B. No. 2512
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2512 was passed by the House on April
9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2512 on May 18, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2512 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor