Employee brought action Act against school board alleging violations of Whistle-blower’s Act.
The Circuit Court denied school board’s motion for summary judgment. School board petitioned for certiorari review.
The District Court of Appeal held that:
- Employee was required to exhaust administrative remedies with Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) prior to filing suit against school board under Whistle-blower’s Act, and
- Even assuming school board’s whistleblower protection policy was adopted as an alternative to DOAH procedure, employee’s filing of generalized grievance did not exhaust alternative policy, thus precluding employee’s suit.