TITLE: Relating to consideration by the board of trustees of a school district of parental complaints concerning student participation in extracurricular activities.

SUMMARY: Relating to consideration by the board of trustees of a school district of parental complaints concerning student participation in extracurricular activities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to consideration by the board of trustees of a school district of parental complaints concerning student participation in extracurricular activities. 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. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.