H.B. No. 1622
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of certain grievances by school district
  employees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 11.171 to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.171.  SCHOOL DISTRICT GRIEVANCE POLICY. A school
  district grievance policy must permit a school district employee to
  report a grievance against a supervisor that alleges the
  supervisor's violation of the law in the workplace or the
  supervisor's unlawful harassment of the employee to a supervisor
  other than the supervisor against whom the employee intends to
  report the grievance.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1622 was passed by the House on April
  5, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1622 was passed by the Senate on May
  8, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor