By: Aycock (Senate Sponsor - Davis) H.B. No. 2512

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2009; April 27, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 11, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2512 By: Gallegos

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to audio recordings of certain grievance proceedings or meetings by school district employees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.171, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 11.171. SCHOOL DISTRICT GRIEVANCE POLICY. (a) A school district grievance policy must permit a school district employee to report a grievance against a supervisor that alleges the supervisor's violation of the law in the workplace or the supervisor's unlawful harassment of the employee to a supervisor other than the supervisor against whom the employee intends to report the grievance.

(b) A school district grievance policy must permit an employee who reports a grievance to make an audio recording of any meeting or proceeding at which the substance of a grievance that complies with the policy is investigated or discussed. The implementation of this subsection may not result in a delay of any timeline provided by the grievance policy and does not require the district to provide equipment for the employee to make the recording.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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