Ysleta Independent School District v. Marcelino Franco

OPINION

CHRISTOPHER ANTCLIFF, Justice.

In this whistleblower case, the Ysleta Independent School District (“District”) appeals the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction. The District contends that the trial court erred because Marcelino Franco failed to report a violation of law to an “appropriate law enforcement authority” as required by the Whis-tleblower Act. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Franco was employed as a principal of a pre-kindergarten school when he reported asbestos hazards in his school to District officials. He did so…