A school district board of trustees facing a takeover by the Texas Education Agency entered a $300,000 flat-fee contract with a law firm to challenge the takeover. Now the TEA wants to know: Is that legal?
In a letter on New Year’s Eve, the TEA asked for an opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton about whether the board’s agreement with the law firm is “an unconstitutional gift of public funds” under the Texas Constitution. Michael Williams, who was the commissioner of education at the time but has since retired, wrote in the letter that he appointed a board of managers to replace the school district’s old board of trustees.
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