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.
Public Info/Open Meetings
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Texas High Court Justice Details Why Fort Bend ISD Must Release “Personal Device” Logs
A Texas Supreme Court justice detailed the reasons why Fort Bend ISD must release the phone logs of communications pertaining to the district’s business that were sent to and from cell phones (and other devices) that were personally owned by 10 district employees and board members six years ago.
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Highland Park ISD Wins Open Records Appeal
An accounting firm’s report that was commissioned by an attorney that an ISD hired to investigate alleged financial irregularities can be withheld under the Texas Public Information Act.
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TRS Health Plan Vendor Loses Final Appeal to Keep Certain Bid Info Secret from Competitor
United Health Care (UHC) may have won the right to manage the TRS-Care Medicare Advantage…
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Texas Supreme Court: Fort Bend ISD Must Release “Phone Logs” of ISD Communications on Devices Owned by 10 Employees and Trustees
Without comment, the Texas Supreme Court (TSC) on Friday (Jan. 31) let stand an appeals…
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Texas AG Issues Opinion on “Boilerplate” Executive Session Agenda Language
“Boilerplate language” that a public governing body may routinely place on its meeting agenda is “insufficient by itself” to comply with Open Meetings Act (OMA) requirements to alert the public about the subject to be considered during the closed (executive session) portion of the meeting.
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Texas Law Enforcement Online Licensure Lookup Service Launches
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) this morning launched a new online service allowing…
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Local Government Retention Schedules 101
Providing guidance to local governmental employees — especially those who are new to their jobs…
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Ex-Webb CISD Husband/Wife Board Members Lose Appeal Over Documents Request Denial
Ruling: A state law gives only current — and not former — school board members…
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