| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
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. |