Bill Text: TX HB1669 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to certain complaints concerning a student's participation in an extracurricular activity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Left pending in committee [HB1669 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1669-Engrossed.html
| By: King of Uvalde | H.B. No. 1669 | |
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| relating to certain complaints concerning a student's | ||
| participation in an extracurricular activity. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 26.011, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 26.011. COMPLAINTS. (a) The board of trustees of each | ||
| school district shall adopt a grievance procedure under which the | ||
| board shall address each complaint that the board receives | ||
| concerning violation of a right guaranteed by this chapter. | ||
| (b) The board of trustees of a school district is not | ||
| required by Subsection (a) or Section 11.1511(b)(13) to address a | ||
| complaint that the board receives concerning a student's | ||
| participation in an extracurricular activity that does not involve | ||
| a violation of a right guaranteed by this chapter. This subsection | ||
| does not affect a claim brought by a parent under the Individuals | ||
| with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.) or | ||
| a successor federal statute addressing special education services | ||
| for a child with a disability. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
