TITLE: Relating to the application of whistleblower protections to employees of an open-enrollment charter school.

SUMMARY: Relating to the application of whistleblower protections to employees of an open-enrollment charter school.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the application of whistleblower protections to employees of an open-enrollment charter school. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 554.001(2), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (2) "Local governmental entity" means:(A) a political subdivision of the state, including a [: [(A)] county,[; [(B)] municipality,[; [(C) public] school district,[;] or [(D)] special-purpose district or authority;or (B) an open-enrollment charter school.SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to reports by a public employee of a violation of law by the employing governmental entity that are made on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.