Bill Text: TX SB1754 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the school district grievance procedures for resolving complaints received by students' parents or guardians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Education [SB1754 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1754-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1754 |
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relating to the school district grievance procedures for resolving | ||
complaints received by students' parents or guardians. | ||
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 from a | ||
parent or guardian of a student or that otherwise concerns a | ||
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other law. | ||
(b) The grievance procedure adopted under Subsection (a) | ||
must encourage the use of an alternative dispute resolution | ||
procedure described by Chapter 154, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, for the resolution of a complaint the board receives from a | ||
parent or guardian of a student. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |