By Ehrhardt H.B. No. 2590
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to employment discrimination by school districts.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended
1-5 by adding Section 21.0515 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 21.0515. DISCRIMINATION BY EMPLOYER WHO IS SCHOOL
1-7 DISTRICT. (a) [In this section, "sexual orientation" means
1-8 homosexual, bisexual, or heterosexual orientation, real or
1-9 perceived, as manifested by identity, acts, statements, or
1-10 associations.]
1-11 [(b)] An employer who is a school district commits an
1-12 unlawful employment practice if because of race, color, disability,
1-13 religion, gender, gender identity [sex], national origin, age, or
1-14 sexual orientation the employer:
1-15 (1) fails or refuses to hire an individual, discharges
1-16 an individual, or discriminates in any other manner against an
1-17 individual in connection with compensation or the terms,
1-18 conditions, or privileges of employment; or
1-19 (2) limits, segregates, or classifies an employee or
1-20 applicant for employment in a manner that would deprive or tend to
1-21 deprive an individual of any employment opportunity or adversely
1-22 affect in any other manner the status of an employee.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.