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| 1 | 1 | 2009S0663-1 03/11/09 | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Davis S.B. No. 1956 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to audio recordings of certain grievance proceedings or | |
| 8 | 8 | meetings by school district employees. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 11.171, Education Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 11.171. SCHOOL DISTRICT GRIEVANCE POLICY. (a) A | |
| 13 | 13 | school district grievance policy must permit a school district | |
| 14 | 14 | employee to report a grievance against a supervisor that alleges | |
| 15 | 15 | the supervisor's violation of the law in the workplace or the | |
| 16 | 16 | supervisor's unlawful harassment of the employee to a supervisor | |
| 17 | 17 | other than the supervisor against whom the employee intends to | |
| 18 | 18 | report the grievance. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) A school district grievance policy must permit a | |
| 20 | 20 | grievant to make an audio recording of any meeting or proceeding at | |
| 21 | 21 | which the substance of a grievance that complies with the policy is | |
| 22 | 22 | investigated or discussed, provided that the grievant gives three | |
| 23 | 23 | working days notice of the intention to make the audio recording to | |
| 24 | 24 | the person considering the grievance. The implementation of this | |
| 25 | 25 | subsection may not result in a delay of any timelines provided by | |
| 26 | 26 | the grievance policy and does not require the district to provide | |
| 27 | 27 | equipment for the grievant to make the recording. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |