2009S0663-1 03/11/09
By: Davis S.B. No. 1956
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 a
grievant 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, provided that the grievant gives three
working days notice of the intention to make the audio recording to
the person considering the grievance. The implementation of this
subsection may not result in a delay of any timelines provided by
the grievance policy and does not require the district to provide
equipment for the grievant to make the recording.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.