TITLE: Relating to prohibiting a public school from retaliating against an employee for reporting certain misconduct.

SUMMARY: Relating to prohibiting a public school from retaliating against an employee for reporting certain misconduct.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to prohibiting a public school from retaliating against an employee for reporting certain misconduct. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C-1, Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 22.097 to read as follows: Sec. 22.097. DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION PROHIBITED. A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a district or school employee who in good faith makes a report that alleges misconduct described by Section 22.093(c)(1)(A) or (B) to the school district or open-enrollment charter school, a law enforcement agency, or any other appropriate authority. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 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.