88R6092 KJE-D
By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 3315
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a school district's grievance procedure regarding
complaints concerning violation of parental rights.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.011, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
(c) The grievance procedure adopted under Subsection (a)
must:
(1) provide for:
(A) a parent's complaint to be filed in writing
with the principal of the campus at which the parent's student is
enrolled;
(B) if the principal does not grant the requested
relief, an appeal on written request to the district superintendent
or the superintendent's designee that includes a review of all
documents considered by the principal;
(C) if the superintendent or the
superintendent's designee does not grant the requested relief, an
appeal on written request to the board of trustees of the district
that includes a review of all documents considered by the principal
and the superintendent or the superintendent's designee; and
(D) if the board of trustees of the district does
not grant the requested relief, notice to the parent regarding the
parent's right to file an appeal with the commissioner under
Section 7.057; and
(2) be:
(A) posted in a prominent location on the
district's Internet website, along with instructions on how a
parent may file a complaint; and
(B) provided to the parent of each student
enrolled in the district at the beginning of each school year and on
request.
(d) The agency shall:
(1) adopt a model grievance procedure for use by
school districts under this section; and
(2) post on the agency's Internet website a copy of the
model grievance policy and general guidelines regarding how a
parent may file a complaint with a school district under this
section or appeal a district's decision to the commissioner under
Section 7.057.
(e) A grievance procedure adopted under this section may not
require a parent to file a complaint within a specified period of
time.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
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, 2023.