Floor Packet Page No. 258
      Amend CSSB 4 by adding a new section 2.15 to read as follows:
      Section 2.15 Amend Texas Education Code by adding Section
22.006 to read as follows:
      "Section 22.006 (a) The board of trustees of a school
district may adopt a policy under which employee organizations are
consulted concerning district working condition and educational
matters specified by the policy.
      (b) A policy the board of trustees adopts under this section:
            (1) must permit a representative of an organization
that represents public school employees to consult directly with
the board or the board's designee concerning working conditions and
educational matters specified by the policy if at least five
percent of the employees in the district are members of the
organization and the organization is exempt from taxation under
Section 501 (c) (4), (5), or (6), Internal Revenue Code.
            (2) may not exclude from consultation an employee
organization described by this subsection.
      (c) The board of trustees may establish criteria to provide
for proportional representation of the employee organizations
described by  Subsection (b) based on the number of employees in
the district who are dues-paying members of each organization."