Issues related to public school employment and students sometimes must be resolved above the campus or district levels. Some cases go to the Texas commissioner of education or State Board for Educator Certification; others are decided by the courts. TCTA reports on cases of interest in our emailed eUpdate newsletter. You'll also find those reports below.
Mar 16, 2023
A teacher sued his employing school district, arguing that he had not been given sufficient time to review and sign his contract for the upcoming…
Mar 2, 2023
A charter school teacher fired after an investigation into misconduct sued the school, claiming discrimination and that the termination was in…
Feb 16, 2023
A district's board of trustees voted to propose the termination of the teacher's contract before the end of the school year. The teacher requested a…
Feb 3, 2023
A teacher was placed on administrative leave and later fired after publicly posted tweets about illegal immigration that were directed to…
Jan 19, 2023
A white high school student sued his school district, alleging that he was subject to race-based harassment. A district court dismissed the lawsuit…
Dec 15, 2022
A registered sex offender was arrested and charged with failure to comply with his registration requirements by knowingly entering school grounds…
Dec 1, 2022
A teacher was placed on administrative leave with pay after a student recorded her making inappropriate comments about other students. Weeks later,…
Oct 21, 2022
After his termination, a teacher filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that he had been…
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