TEA Appoints Connally ISD’s Superintendent & Board of Managers
The TEA today (May 6, 2026) announced the appointment of a new superintendent and a three-member board of managers to oversee the operations of the 2,034-student Connally ISD.
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TEA Appoints Beaumont ISD’s Superintendent & Board of Managers
The TEA announced the appointment of a new superintendent and a seven-member board of managers to oversee the operations of the 15,862-student Beaumont ISD.
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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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TEA Appoints Lake Worth ISD’s Superintendent & Board of Managers
The TEA announced the appointment of a new superintendent and board of managers for Lake Worth ISD.
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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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Morath Orders Brenham ISD Board to Hold Grievance Hearing
Ruling: An ISD’s board violated state education law by not holding a hearing on an ex-employee’s grievance.
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Morath: Mansfield ISD’s Board Fumbled Parents’ Grievances
Ruling: A school board can’t shirk its responsibility to consider a parental grievance by invoking a lack-of-a-quorum board meeting loophole.
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Morath Says Eanes ISD Lawfully Fired CPS-Cleared Teacher
Accused teacher who helped leak confidential info about his student accuser loses education commissioner appeal.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Rejects Barbers Hill ISD Deposition “Stay”
An effort by Barbers Hill ISD (BHISD) Superintendent Greg Poole and former BHISD board member…
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TEA Appoints Andrew Kim as Conservator of Three ISDs
The TEA separately announced on Thursday (Jan. 8, 2026) the appointment of Andrew Kim as…
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Morath Upholds La Joya ISD HR Director’s Firing
Ruling: Although an ISD failed to show that its human resource’s director committed fraud, the…
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Paxton Files “Ten Commandments” Lawsuit; Announces “Illegal Electioneering” Settlements
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today (Nov. 7, 2025) separately announced he has filed a…
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Morath Upholds Hale Center ISD CFO’s Firing
Ruling: An ISD’s board properly voided its chief financial officer’s employment contract because the contract…
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Fifth Circuit Tosses Barbers Hill ISD Hair Policy Depositions Appeal
Ruling: A superintendent and former school board member will have to give depositions in a well-publicized court case in which some say the district’s hair policy discriminates against black males.
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Texas Supreme Court Ends Lampasas ISD’s 9-Year Battle to Block Detachment of 335 Acres
The Texas Supreme Court (TSC) this morning (Oct. 24, 2025) dealt the final blow to…
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Ex-Administrator’s Lawsuit Against La Villa ISD and School Trustee Dismissed
Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals (Corpus Christi-Edinburg)
Ruling: An ISD and school board member have sovereign immunity from being sued over an ex-administrator’s claims that she lost her job in retaliation for not placing the trustee’s daughter on the dean’s list. -
TEA to Take Over Fort Worth ISD by Spring 2026
Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced this morning (Oct. 23, 2025) that he will appoint a…
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Texas AG Asked to Clarify ISD Trustee “Resign-to-Run” Situation
Texas House Public Education Committee Chair Brad Buckley, R-Salado, asks the state attorney general (AG):
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Ex-Lancaster ISD Super Loses Final Appeal Over Voided $2M Severance
The Texas Supreme Court announced today that it would not consider Elijah Granger’s appeal of his voided $2,036,567.07 severance agreement with Lancaster ISD.
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Upheld: Dismissal of Ex-Lancaster ISD Special-Ed Chief’s Lawsuit
Texas Fifth Court of Appeals: A former special education director’s nonrenewal is upheld because she couldn’t show that the employment contract she “accepted” actually existed — and because she didn’t appeal her nonrenewal to the education commissioner before suing the district.
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AG Paxton Urges Districts to Allow Prayer under New Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday (Sept. 2, 2025) urged (via this announcement) all…
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Morath Affirms La Joya ISD Principal’s Firing
An ISD justifiably fired an elementary principal for not immediately and adequately investigating an alleged incident at her school — and for taking too long (five days) to report the alleged incident to district higher-ups.
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Morath Dismisses Leander ISD Trustee’s Sexual Harassment Complaint
Ruling: The education commissioner lacks the legal authority to consider a school board member’s complaint…
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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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AG Asked to Clarify New School Board Contracting Law
Concerns that a newly passed school board contracting law could play havoc on the way…
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Side-by-Side “Framework” Comparison
As of June 27, 2025. Viewing on a nonmobile device recommended. Click here to view/download…
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Morath Dismisses Complaint Against Independent Hearing Examiner
Ruling: An independent hearing examiner did nothing wrong by holding a scheduled due process hearing…
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Morath Rules Against Ex-Southwest ISD Board Member
Ruling: A school board’s decision to deny a grievance filed by two former board members is upheld.
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Morath: Mart ISD’s Board Had “Good Cause” to Fire Superintendent
Ruling: An ISD board’s firing of its superintendent was justified due to evidence that she…
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Texas Supreme Court Accepts Appeal Pitting Two Ex-Board Members Against Webb CISD
The Texas Supreme Court (TSC) on Friday (May 30, 2025) announced it has agreed to…
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Morath Issues Precedent Setting Decision on School Library Book Challenges
Ruling: A school board must first make specific findings that library books challenged by a…
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Construction Company’s $1.2M Breach-of-Contract Lawsuit Against Rankin ISD Dismissed Due to Nondisclosure of Expensive Gifts to District Officials
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.
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Eagle Pass ISD Wins Appeal Over Unexpired School Board Term
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.
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SBOE’s Revised ISD Board Trainer Requirements Become Effective on Aug. 25
Major changes to the State Board of Education (SBOE) rule governing ISD school board trainers…
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Crowley ISD (Again) Loses Appeal Over Teacher’s Firing
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.
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Lampasas ISD Loses Appeal in Nine-Year Boundary Battle with Copperas Cove ISD
Ruling: An ISD lacks sovereign immunity protections against being sued for breach of contract by a financial consultant.
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Texas AG Issues Opinion on 2023’s “Chaplains in Schools” State Law
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.”
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Robstown ISD Can’t Block Consultant’s Breach-of-Contract Lawsuit
Ruling: An ISD lacks sovereign immunity protections against being sued for breach of contract by a financial consultant.
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TEA Replaces South San Antonio ISD’s Board and Superintendent
The TEA this morning announced that Education Commissioner Mike Morath has appointed a seven-member board…
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Keller ISD’s Proposed Split into Two Districts Draws Request for AG’s Opinion
The well reported (and highly controversial) proposal to split Keller ISD into two districts has…
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Dismissed: Ex-Donna ISD Administrator’s Whistleblower Lawsuit
A now-former ISD child nutrition director couldn’t show she was retaliated against by being fired four years after she reported her suspicions that the district’s chief financial officer — who was later fired and then elected to the ISD’s board and became its president — had improperly transferred child nutrition funds for other uses by the district.
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Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD Can’t Block $9.7M Lawsuit Over Unpaid Hurricane Harvey Repair Bill
Ruling: An ISD can’t block a company from suing the district over a $9.7 million unpaid bill for facilities clean-up work resulting from Hurricane Harvey.
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Commissioner Dismisses Citizen’s Demand to “Immediately Remove” Edgewood ISD Trustee from the School Board
Ruling: The education commissioner lacks the legal authority to grant appeals seeking the removal of…
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New State Appeals Court Upholds Commissioner’s Reversal of Crowley ISD Teacher’s Firing Over Force Used Against “Unexplainably Aggressive” Ninth Grader
Texas Fifteenth Court of AppealsRuling: The education commissioner properly ruled that a teacher should not…
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Commissioner: Port Arthur ISD Properly Nonrenewed ESSER Funded Administrator When Funding Ceased
Ruling: An ISD did not have to follow the steps required under its reduction in force (RIF) policy when nonrenewing the term contract of a grant-funded administrator when the grant funding the position ran out.
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Edgewood ISD Trustee’s Mom Fails to Convince Commissioner to Revise School Board’s Censure of her Son
Ruling: The education commissioner lacks the legal authority to consider complaints about school boards’ censure resolutions that do not violate Texas school laws, and he cannot require that school boards reprimand school employees.
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TASB Responds to SBOE’s Proposed Local ISD Board Training Rule Revisions
The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) on Friday submitted its official public comments on…
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Fifth Circuit Dismisses Fired Grapeland ISD Administrator’s “Shotgun” Federal Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
Ruling: An ISD employee who was fired after contesting his “surprise” demotion from dean of students to truant officer failed to show that his firing resulted from employment discrimination.
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Proposed SBOE/TEA Rules Include Major School Board Trainer Revisions
These State Board of Education (SBOE) and TEA rules were posted for public comment in today’s Texas Register.
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Commissioner Turns to Dictionary in Upholding Firing of Galveston ISD Probationary Teacher
Ruling: An ISD timely informed a teacher that her school board had voted to terminate her probationary contract.
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Commissioner Affirms Decisions by Lewisville and Frisco ISD Boards to Reject Annexation/Detachment Petitions
An appeal to the education commissioner by several families seeking to overturn the decisions by two school boards to reject their annexation/detachment petitions is dismissed.
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Morath to SBOE: TEA Won’t Intervene in School Library Book Disputes
Anybody expecting the education commissioner or the TEA to get involved in local school board disputes about library books will likely be disappointed.
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Edcouch-Elsa ISD Doesn’t have to Pay Consultants who Helped in Securing Grants Totaling about $8 Million
Ruling: A superintendent’s misstep means that an ISD that was awarded grants totaling about $8 million doesn’t have to pay the consultants who helped the district secure the grants.
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TASA Announces Five Texas Honor Boards for 2024
The Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) announced today that the Burkburnett, Corpus Christi, Donna,…
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Texas AG Asked if Districts are “Skirting” State Law on Chaplains in Schools
Whether school boards did not fully comply with 2023’s SB763 mandate requiring them to vote…
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Ex-Lancaster ISD Superintendent Loses Appeal to Reinstate Voided $2 Million+ Severance Agreement
An ex-superintendent lacked the required legal reasons to appeal the school board’s voiding of his $2+ million severance agreement to the education commissioner without first pursuing his complaints through the school district’s grievance process.
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Texas Supreme Court Nullifies Lampasas ISD’s “Stonewalling” Tactic in Detachment Dispute with Education Commissioner & Copperas Cove ISD
Ruling: An ISD can’t block the education commissioner from considering the possible annexation/detachment of school…
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TEA to Transition Marlin ISD Back to Elected School Board
The TEA announced this afternoon that it will begin transitioning Marlin ISD from a five-member…
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Education Commissioner Replaces La Joya ISD’s Superintendent and School Board
Education Commissioner Mike Morath appointed a seven-member board of managers and a new superintendent to…
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Garland ISD Can’t Block Building Contractor’s $1.1M Breach-of-Contract Lawsuit
Ruling: An ISD lacks legal immunity protections from being sued for breach of contract by…
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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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Ex-Denton ISD Coach Can’t Force School Board to Consider his Grievance Over Conflict with Another Coach
Ruling: A former ISD athletic coach skipped the procedural steps required to ensure that the…
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More Lawyers could Qualify as Independent Hearing Examiners Under Draft SBOE Rule
The SBOE Committee on School Initiatives directed that TEA staff draft rules to modify …
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Arlington ISD Employee’s Grievance was Improperly “Abated”
Ruling: A school board should not have indefinitely postponed the consideration of an employee’s grievance…
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McKinney ISD Skipped a Required Step in Banning Parent from District’s Property for Two Years
Ruling: An ISD didn’t give a parent the legally required prior warning before summarily issuing…
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Texas Supreme Court Enters Boundary Dispute Between Lampasas and Copperas Cove ISDs
Whether the education commissioner can consider ISD annexation disputes when one of the two affected…
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Dallas ISD Employee’s Appeal Dismissed Over “Wrong” Type of Employment Contract Claim
Ruling: A school employee’s claim that he was given the wrong type of employment contract…
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Citizen’s Complaints about a Crockett ISD Elementary School Dismissed
Ruling: A citizen’s complaint that an ISD’s leadership failed to address poor testing performance and…
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TEA Takes Control of Houston ISD
The TEA announced (Wednesday, March 15) that it will take control of Houston ISD in…
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La Joya ISD Can’t Block Insurance Agency’s $3.35 Million Lawsuit
Ruling: An ISD doesn’t have immunity from being sued for breach of contract by its…
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$ / Courts / Elections / School Boards
Unsuccessful Voting Rights Act Lawsuit Against Lewisville ISD Wasn’t “Frivolous”
Ruling: Although a federal judge properly dismissed a voting rights lawsuit filed against an ISD,…
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Activist’s $299,200+ Judgment Against Houston ISD Affirmed
Ruling: A federal judge’s ruling that an ISD must pay a community activist nearly $300,000…
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