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.