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Legal Updates

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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.

Teacher files appeal after district stops paying assault leave

Sep 20, 2024

A teacher filed an appeal to the commissioner of education after a school district denied a grievance that she filed when the district stopped paying…

Teacher files grievance after district denies assault leave request

Aug 22, 2024

A district denied a teacher's request for assault leave and the teacher filed a grievance and an appeal to the commissioner of education.