{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.9431","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.9431","heading":"GRIEVANCE, HIRING, AND DISCIPLINE DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY.","body":"(a) In this section, \"institution of higher education\" and \"university system\" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.\n(b) Only the president or chief executive officer or provost of an institution of higher education, university system administration, or the president's or chief executive officer's, provost's, or administration's designee may be involved in decision-making regarding review of a faculty grievance, including under Section 51.960, or the faculty discipline process.\n(c) A faculty member of an institution of higher education who does not serve in an administrative leadership position may not have final decision-making authority on the hiring of an individual for any faculty or administrative leadership position at the institution.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (S.B. 37), Sec. 2.04, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.9431","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"098cc1f2b4e60e1580aa11bab9b525ed78ff7b83dba219af24c4e159f7ed7edc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.943","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.945"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}