Fort Bend Independent School District v. Rivera

REVISED MAJORITY OPINION

WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.

On our own motion, we withdraw our opinion issued June 27, 2002, and substitute the following opinion.

Appellant, Fort Bend Independent School District (Fort Bend ISD), appeals the trial court’s interlocutory order denying its plea to the jurisdiction, claiming that appellee, Thelma Rivera, faded to exhaust her administrative remedies before filing her whistle-blower action in district court. The two issues the parties have presented to us are (1) did Rivera have to exhaust the grievance procedure or merely initiate it, and (2) when did…