The Courts
Texas Third Court of Appeals (Austin)
TEA Loses Bid to Dissolve Injunction
That Stops (for now) Houston ISD Takeover
Ruling: A judge’s temporary injunction preventing the TEA’s planned takeover of Houston ISD will remain in place, for now, pending the final outcome of the TEA’s appeal. Texas Education Agency, et al., v. Houston ISD, No. 03-20-00025-CV. Issued April 24.
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Texas Supreme Court
Parents and TEA Get What They Wanted
In Dismissal of 2016 STAAR Suit as “Moot”
Ruling: A request by parents to have their lawsuit over the TEA’s implementation of 2015 STAAR legislation dismissed as “moot” is granted. [Education Commissioner] Mike Morath and Texas Education Agency v. Virginia Diane Lewis, et al., No. 18-0555. Issued April 17.
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Texas 13th Court of Appeals (Corpus Christi-Edinburg)
Justices say Commissioner was Wrong
In Reversing ISD’s Firing of Teacher
Ruling: The education commissioner had no basis to reverse the termination of a teacher whom an ISD’s board fired due to “rough treatment” of elementary students during separate incidents in a school year. Edinburg CISD v. Daniel Villarreal and [Education Commissioner] Mike Morath, No. 13-18-00408-CV. Issued April 9.
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Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (Houston)
Teacher Loses “Moldy” Classrooms Suit
Dismissed: A teacher’s lawsuit claiming that mold in her former school’s classrooms caused her major health problems and contributed to her losing out on a bonus. Mary Stamos v. Houston ISD, No. 14-18-00340-CV. Issued March 31.
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