Floor Packet Page No. 206                                                   



	Amend HB 2 on page 65, between lines 6 and 7, by inserting the 

following appropriately numbered section and renumbering 

subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:

	SECTION 2A.___.  Section 11.163, Education Code, is amended 

by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

	(f)  The employment policy may not restrict the ability of a 

school district employee to communicate directly with a member of 

the board of trustees regarding a matter relating to the operation 

of the district, except that the policy may prohibit:

		(1)  communication during:                                             

			(A)  the employee's regular working hours at the 

district; or       

			(B)  the operating hours of a district campus; and                    

		(2)  ex parte communication relating to:                               

			(A)  a hearing under Subchapter E or F, Chapter 

21; and             

			(B)  another appeal or hearing in which ex parte 

communication would be inappropriate pending a final decision by a 

school district board of trustees.