82R10033 KKA-F
By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1305
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition of school district retaliation against an
employee for filing a grievance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.1711 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.1711. RETALIATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this
section, "personnel action" means an action that affects an
employee's compensation, promotion, demotion, transfer, work
assignment, or performance evaluation.
(b) A school district may not suspend or terminate the
employment of an employee or take other adverse personnel action
against the employee for filing a grievance in good faith in
accordance with the district's grievance policy.
(c) An employee whose employment is suspended or terminated
or who is subjected to an adverse personnel action in violation of
this section is entitled to:
(1) reinstatement to the employee's former position or
an equivalent position;
(2) compensation for lost wages during the period of
suspension, termination, or other adverse personnel action;
(3) reinstatement of fringe benefits and seniority
rights lost because of the suspension, termination, or other
adverse personnel action; and
(4) permanent removal of any retaliatory performance
review from any personnel file maintained by the district regarding
the employee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.