TX Supreme Court Clarifies School Trustee Info Access Challenges
Ruling: School board members don’t have to appeal to the education commissioner before suing their districts for withholding documents to which they are entitled.
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Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas’ Ten Commandments Classroom Law
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, via a 9-8 majority, upheld 2025’s SB10/regular session Ten Commandments posting law.
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Harris County Department of Education Can’t Block Contractor’s Lawsuit
Appeals Court: A special purpose school district can’t block a building contractor’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against the district arising from cost overruns for a new adult-ed facility due to city permitting delays.
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Appeals Court: Tatum ISD Can’t Keep $70K Foreclosure Windfall
Ruling: The former owner of real property had a good excuse for missing the two-year deadline to recover the excess funds left over from the property’s foreclosure sale for back taxes to an ISD.
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123-Student ISD Battles Comptroller in Court – and Loses
Appeals Court: A state Comptroller’s decision that would reportedly cost a school district half of its supplemental state aid entitlement is upheld, despite an error on the Comptroller’s part.
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Texas Supreme Court Revives Dismissed Edcouch-Elsa ISD Lawsuit
The Texas Supreme Court (TSC) today (March 27, 2026) announced it has accepted an appeal…
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Appeals Court Sides with YES Prep Charter Over Teacher’s Firing
Ruling: A judge should have dismissed a discrimination/wrongful termination lawsuit a fired charter teacher filed against the charter and up to 25 unnamed co-defendants.
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Fifth Circuit Revives Ex-Beaumont ISD Worker’s COVID Pay Claim
Ruling: Although an ex-ISD employee can continue litigating his claim that he was improperly denied extra “premium pay” for working in-person during the COVID pandemic, his various other claims are dismissed.
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San Patricio CAD Loses $7.8M Stored Export Oil Taxation Appeal
Appeals Court: A company met the criteria to not be subject to property taxation for “pre-sold” crude oil being stored in Texas that was awaiting shipment to foreign countries.
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Judge Reprimanded for Mishandling Floresville ISD Truancy Case
The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct this month publicly reprimanded Wilson County Justice of…
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