84R9604 JSL-D
By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 2151
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to consideration by the board of trustees of a school
district of parental complaints concerning student participation
in extracurricular activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.011, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 26.011. COMPLAINTS. (a) The board of trustees of each
school district shall adopt a grievance procedure under which the
board shall address each complaint that the board receives
concerning violation of a right guaranteed by this chapter.
(b) The board of trustees of a school district is not
required by Subsection (a) to address a complaint that the board
receives concerning a student's participation in an
extracurricular activity that does not involve a violation of a
right guaranteed by this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.