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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition of school district retaliation against an |
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employee for filing a grievance. |
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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 11.1711 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.1711. RETALIATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this |
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section, "personnel action" means an action that affects an |
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employee's compensation, promotion, demotion, transfer, work |
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assignment, or performance evaluation. |
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(b) A school district may not suspend or terminate the |
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employment of an employee or take other adverse personnel action |
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against the employee for filing a grievance in good faith in |
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accordance with the district's grievance policy. |
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(c) An employee whose employment is suspended or terminated |
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or who is subjected to an adverse personnel action in violation of |
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this section is entitled to: |
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(1) reinstatement to the employee's former position or |
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an equivalent position; |
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(2) compensation for lost wages during the period of |
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suspension, termination, or other adverse personnel action; |
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(3) reinstatement of fringe benefits and seniority |
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rights lost because of the suspension, termination, or other |
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adverse personnel action; and |
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(4) permanent removal of any retaliatory performance |
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review from any personnel file maintained by the district regarding |
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the employee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |