Amend CSSB 7 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION . Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 21.063 to read as follows:
Sec.21.063.INVESTIGATION RECORDS. (a) A record produced by the board in the course of an investigation involving an alleged incident of educator misconduct, including a record involving a complaint determined to be groundless, is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(b)Any record produced by the board in the course of an investigation involving an alleged incident of educator misconduct may be used in a disciplinary proceeding against the educator alleged to have engaged in the misconduct, unless a court issues an order prohibiting the use of such a record.