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The Texas Supreme Court (TSC) on Friday (May 30, 2025) announced it has agreed to consider if two former Webb CISD (WCISD) school board members…
Ruling: A school board must first make specific findings that library books challenged by a parent are either not “pervasively vulgar” or “educationally unsuitable” before…
Ruling: A construction company — that an ISD abruptly ordered to stop work on a multi-million dollar facilities project — can’t pursue a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the district because the company failed to make the state-law required disclosures of expensive gifts it gave several district officials prior to being awarded the contract.
Texas Fourth Court of Appeals (San Antonio) A judge’s order that an ISD must hold an election to fill the unexpired term of a school board member who died is voided.
Major changes to the State Board of Education (SBOE) rule governing ISD school board trainers will become effective Aug. 25, 2025. The rule revisions —…
Ruling: A prior state appeals court ruling — that an ISD wrongfully fired a teacher — is upheld, except for dropping (at the ex-teacher’s request) the court’s order that the originating trial judge must determine if (and how much) the ex-teacher is due in attorney fees from the district.
Ruling: An ISD lacks sovereign immunity protections against being sued for breach of contract by a financial consultant.
A Texas Attorney General opinion (No. KP-0488) issued on March 5 suggests that some school boards may have sidestepped the requirements in a 2023 law (SB763) on voting whether to allow chaplains — either as volunteers or employees — “to provide support, services and programs as assigned by the board.”
Ruling: An ISD lacks sovereign immunity protections against being sued for breach of contract by a financial consultant.
The TEA this morning announced that Education Commissioner Mike Morath has appointed a seven-member board of managers and a new superintendent to lead and operate…
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