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