By: Nelson S.B. No. 1742
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Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to allowing a closed session for a school board to
1-3 consider student matters.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 551.082, Government Code is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Section 551.082. School Children; School District Employees;
1-8 Disciplinary Matter or Complaint. (a) This chapter does not
1-9 require a school board to conduct an open meeting to deliberate in
1-10 a case:
1-11 (1) involving [discipline of] a public school child; or
1-12 (2) in which a complaint or charge is brought against an
1-13 employee of the school district by another employee and the
1-14 complaint or charge directly results in a need for a hearing.
1-15 (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if an open hearing is requested
1-16 in writing by a parent or guardian of the child or by the employee
1-17 against whom the complaint or charge is brought.
1-18 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect in the 2001-02 school
1-19 year.
1-20 (b) This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote
1-21 of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided
1-22 by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does
1-23 not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes
2-1 effect September 1, 2001.