Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeals
Ex-Teacher Wins Expunction Fight with TEA;
2 ISDs Can’t Quite End Tax Suit They Lost
The Texas Supreme Court (TSC) announced that it has declined to hear the appeals of these decisions by state appellate courts, thus letting these decisions become final:
- Expunction upheld — The TSC left undisturbed the majority (8-1) ruling by the full Texas First Court of Appeals (Houston) that blocked the TEA’s efforts to prevent the arrest records of an ex-teacher (identified only as S.E.H.) from being expunged due to a court overturning his conviction on a charge of felony “online solicitation of a minor.” read more
- Local Option Homestead Exemption —The TSC refused requests by the Dumas and White Deer ISDs to quickly end the remnants of their legal fight they lost over their decisions to reduce their local option homestead exemption (LOHE) during the summer of 2015. read more
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U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Parents Who Accepted ISD’s $50,000 Offer
Can’t Sue Over Related Special-Ed Claims
Ruling: Parents who accepted an ISD’s settlement offer to pay up to $50,000 for private school tuition for their mentally handicapped son in exchange for dropping their TEA special-ed complaint (that included an allegation that a special-ed aide injured their son by throwing a waste bin at him) can’t sue the district over related claims. Nidia Heston, et al., v. Austin ISD, No. 19-50664. Issued June 9. Ordered “not published.”
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