By Brimer H.B. No. 2848 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to employee organization consultation policies adopted by 1-3 the boards of trustees of school districts. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 22.007 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 22.007. EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION CONSULTATION POLICIES. 1-8 (a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a 1-9 policy under which employee organizations are consulted concerning 1-10 district educational matters specified by the policy. 1-11 (b) A policy the board of trustees adopts under this 1-12 section: 1-13 (1) must permit a representative of an organization 1-14 that represents public school employees to consult directly with 1-15 the board or the board's designee concerning educational matters 1-16 specified by the policy if at least five percent of the employees 1-17 in the district are members of the organization and the 1-18 organization is a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the 1-19 Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., 1-20 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and 1-21 (2) may not exclude from consultation an employee 1-22 organization described by this subsection. 1-23 (c) The board of trustees may establish criteria to provide 2-1 for proportional representation of the employee organizations 2-2 described by Subsection (b) based on the number of employees in the 2-3 district who are dues-paying members of each organization. 2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.