Bill Text: TX HB3241 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to informal methods of seeking resolution to grievances or complaints of school district employees or parents of school district students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to Public Education [HB3241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3241-Introduced.html
| By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 3241 | |
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| relating to informal methods of seeking resolution to grievances or | ||
| complaints of school district employees or parents of school | ||
| district students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 11.171, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) A school district grievance policy: | ||
| (1) may not require a school district employee to seek | ||
| resolution of the employee's grievance through an informal method | ||
| before seeking resolution through formal methods prescribed under | ||
| the grievance policy; and | ||
| (2) must provide that any time limits applicable to | ||
| the resolution of a grievance through formal methods prescribed | ||
| under the grievance policy are tolled while an employee is actively | ||
| seeking resolution of the employee's grievance through an informal | ||
| method. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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) A grievance procedure under this section: | ||
| (1) may not require a parent to seek resolution of the | ||
| parent's complaint through an informal method before seeking | ||
| resolution through formal methods prescribed under the grievance | ||
| procedure; and | ||
| (2) must provide that any time limits applicable to | ||
| the resolution of a complaint through formal methods prescribed | ||
| under the grievance procedure are tolled while a parent is actively | ||
| seeking resolution of the parent's complaint through an informal | ||
| method. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections | ||
| 11.171 and 26.011, Education Code, apply only to a grievance or | ||
| complaint reported on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| grievance or complaint reported before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect when the grievance or complaint | ||
| is reported, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
