By Lucio S.C.R. No. 135 74R10398 JSA-D CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Public institutions of higher education have 1-2 experienced a growing incidence of divisive personnel disputes, 1-3 often culminating in expensive, protracted grievance procedures and 1-4 litigation; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The use of mediation and other alternative dispute 1-6 resolution techniques has the potential to reduce the number of 1-7 such disputes resulting in formal grievance procedures and 1-8 litigation and to resolve such disputes more quickly and peaceably 1-9 than traditional grievance and litigation procedures; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures Act of 1-11 1987 declared and the 74th Legislature reaffirms that it is the 1-12 policy of the State of Texas to encourage the peaceable resolution 1-13 of disputes through alternative dispute resolution; and 1-14 WHEREAS, It is unclear to what extent public institutions of 1-15 higher education have examined or implemented alternative dispute 1-16 resolution methods for the resolution of personnel and other 1-17 disputes within those institutions; now, therefore, be it 1-18 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-19 hereby request the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to 1-20 conduct a review of the current use of alternative dispute 1-21 resolution by public institutions of higher education in this 1-22 state; and, be it further 1-23 RESOLVED, That not later than July 1, 1996, the Texas Higher 1-24 Education Coordinating Board may provide a report of its review to 2-1 the 74th Legislature, with copies of the report delivered to the 2-2 presiding officer of each house, the chair of the Senate Committee 2-3 on Education, and the chair of the House Committee on Higher 2-4 Education; and, be it further 2-5 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-6 hereby encourage public institutions of higher education to 2-7 cooperate with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in 2-8 conducting the review provided by this resolution.