By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 1669
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain complaints concerning a student's
  participation in an extracurricular activity.
         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) or Section 11.1511(b)(13) 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.  This subsection
  does not affect a claim brought by a parent under the Individuals
  with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.) or
  a successor federal statute addressing special education services
  for a child with a disability.
 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.