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| 1 | 1 | 85R13220 GCB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1754 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the school district grievance procedures for resolving | |
| 8 | 8 | complaints received by students' parents or guardians. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 26.011, Education Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 26.011. COMPLAINTS. (a) The board of trustees of each | |
| 13 | 13 | school district shall adopt a grievance procedure under which the | |
| 14 | 14 | board shall address each complaint that the board receives from a | |
| 15 | 15 | parent or guardian of a student or that otherwise concerns a | |
| 16 | 16 | [concerning] violation of a right guaranteed by this chapter or | |
| 17 | 17 | other law. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The grievance procedure adopted under Subsection (a) | |
| 19 | 19 | must encourage the use of an alternative dispute resolution | |
| 20 | 20 | procedure described by Chapter 154, Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 21 | 21 | Code, for the resolution of a complaint the board receives from a | |
| 22 | 22 | parent or guardian of a student. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |