TX HB3222

Establishes a mandatory grievance policy for school districts with structured levels of review: campus principal, central office administrator (optional), superintendent, and board of trustees, with specific timelines including 60 days to file initial grievances and 20 days to appeal decisions

Expands the Commissioner of Education's authority to remand cases back to school districts for insufficient records, procedural errors, or failure to develop necessary evidence, and to order corrective action when violations are found

Creates a new dispute resolution facilitation program where the commissioner can refer certain parent grievances to trained facilitators who propose findings, facilitate resolutions, or render binding decisions (with school districts paying all costs)

Requires school districts to report settlement agreement amounts and funding sources to the Texas Education Agency, and to annually submit board of trustees member information including identification of the board chair

Prohibits districts of innovation from exempting themselves from the new grievance policy requirements, and excludes cases involving extracurricular activities from appeals to the commissioner (in addition to existing exclusions for employee contract cases and student discipline)