| 1 | 1 | | 84R26326 JSL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 2151 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2151: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Aycock C.S.H.B. No. 2151 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to consideration by the board of trustees of a school |
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| 10 | 10 | | district of parental complaints concerning student participation |
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| 11 | 11 | | in extracurricular activities. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 26.011, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 26.011. COMPLAINTS. (a) The board of trustees of each |
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| 16 | 16 | | school district shall adopt a grievance procedure under which the |
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| 17 | 17 | | board shall address each complaint that the board receives |
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| 18 | 18 | | concerning violation of a right guaranteed by this chapter. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The board of trustees of a school district is not |
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| 20 | 20 | | required by Subsection (a) or Section 11.1511(b)(13) to address a |
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| 21 | 21 | | complaint that the board receives concerning a student's |
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| 22 | 22 | | participation in an extracurricular activity that does not involve |
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| 23 | 23 | | a violation of a right guaranteed by this chapter. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 25 | 25 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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