Amend CSSB 16 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill, adding Section 51.982, Education Code, as follows:
(1) In Subsection (a) (page 1, lines 43 and 44), strike ""institution of higher education" has the meaning" and substitute ""governing board" and "institution of higher education" have the meanings".
(2) After Subsection (b) (page 1, between lines 49 and 50), insert the following:
(c) If an institution of higher education determines that a faculty member of the institution has violated this section, the institution shall discharge the faculty member.
(d) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall develop and implement a system to receive student complaints regarding a violation of this section by a faculty member of the institution.
(e) Not later than December 1 of each year, the governing board of each institution of higher education shall submit to the legislature and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a report on the student complaints received by the governing board under Subsection (d) during the preceding academic year.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 51.942, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c)(5), good cause for taking disciplinary action against a faculty member, including revoking the tenure of the faculty member, includes the faculty member's violation of Section 51.982.
SECTION ____. Section 51.982(c), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a person who enters into or renews an employment contract as a faculty member at a public institution of higher education on or after the effective date of this Act.