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  89R14263 CMO-D     By: Miles S.B. No. 2277       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting a public school from retaliating against an   employee for reporting certain misconduct.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C-1, Chapter 22, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 22.097 to read as follows:           Sec.   22.097.     DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION PROHIBITED. A   school district or open-enrollment charter school may not   discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a   district or school employee who in good faith makes a report that   alleges misconduct described by Section 22.093(c)(1)(A) or (B) to   the school district or open-enrollment charter school, a law   enforcement agency, or any other appropriate authority.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.