1-1 By: Lucio S.C.R. No. 135 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 27, 1995; April 28, 1995, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 3, 1995, 1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; 1-5 May 3, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-7 WHEREAS, Public institutions of higher education have 1-8 experienced a growing incidence of divisive personnel disputes, 1-9 often culminating in expensive, protracted grievance procedures and 1-10 litigation; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The use of mediation and other alternative dispute 1-12 resolution techniques has the potential to reduce the number of 1-13 such disputes resulting in formal grievance procedures and 1-14 litigation and to resolve such disputes more quickly and peaceably 1-15 than traditional grievance and litigation procedures; and 1-16 WHEREAS, The Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures Act of 1-17 1987 declared and the 74th Legislature reaffirms that it is the 1-18 policy of the State of Texas to encourage the peaceable resolution 1-19 of disputes through alternative dispute resolution; and 1-20 WHEREAS, It is unclear to what extent public institutions of 1-21 higher education have examined or implemented alternative dispute 1-22 resolution methods for the resolution of personnel and other 1-23 disputes within those institutions; now, therefore, be it 1-24 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-25 hereby request the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to 1-26 conduct a review of the current use of alternative dispute 1-27 resolution by public institutions of higher education in this 1-28 state; and, be it further 1-29 RESOLVED, That not later than July 1, 1996, the Texas Higher 1-30 Education Coordinating Board may provide a report of its review to 1-31 the 74th Legislature, with copies of the report delivered to the 1-32 presiding officer of each house, the chair of the Senate Committee 1-33 on Education, and the chair of the House Committee on Higher 1-34 Education; and, be it further 1-35 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-36 hereby encourage public institutions of higher education to 1-37 cooperate with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in 1-38 conducting the review provided by this resolution. 1-39 * * * * *