by Devin Walsh | Oct 14, 2014 | Web Exclusives
An August decision by the Texas Commissioner of Education concerning employee grievances constitutes an about-face on a policy that will no doubt have district administrators dialing up their attorneys around the state. The issue concerns when the timeline for filing...
by Devin Walsh | Sep 10, 2014 | Web Exclusives
A Texas appeals court’s recent decision in a homeschooling case helps clarify a previously muddied aspect of the state Supreme Court’s opinion in Texas Education Agency v. Leeper. We all know that parents have a right to educate their children at home. But does that...
by Jim Walsh, Attorney at Law Walsh, Anderson, Gallegos, Green & Treviño, P.C. | Aug 13, 2014 | Web Exclusives
Two weeks before the school board election, the board gave the superintendent a pay raise and extended his contract to a full five years. Then the board election happened, and everything changed. Four new board members were elected, defeating incumbents decisively....
by Devin Walsh | Jun 3, 2014 | Web Exclusives
“Protestants were more than 98 percent of the white population when the First Amendment was adopted,” writes law professor Douglas Laycock in a blog post lamenting the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Town of Greece, NY v. Galloway. “If a religious practice was...
by Devin Walsh | May 2, 2014 | Web Exclusives
One would not typically associate the federal judicial system with Willy Wonka, but even that fictional Edison of sweets would be envious of the now eleven-year duration of one tenacious Christmas treat: the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals just can’t lick the “candy...
by Devin Walsh | Apr 2, 2014 | Web Exclusives
How much power did the Texas Education Commissioner’s decision in Jenkins v Crosby ISD give to school superintendents? “Too much,” says lawyer Kevin Lungwitz. Lungwitz, an Austin attorney who primarily represents school district professionals, was hired by Hermenia...
