TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASS'N v. STATE

No. 14676.

711 S.W.2d 421 (1986)

TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean A. Pinkert, Fickman, Van Os, Waterman, Dean & Moore, P.C., Austin, for Tex. State Teachers Ass'n (TSTA), Charles N. Beard, Olivia Bestiero, Henry C. Jennings and Lynn I. DeGeer.

George M. Kirk, Strahan & Kirk, Houston, for Fight for Right, Inc., Barbara Despres, Marion Crampton, Robert Day and Bo Christian.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Kevin O'Hanlon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellees.

Before SHANNON, C.J., and EARL W. SMITH and GAMMAGE, JJ.


SHANNON, Chief Justice.

Appellants, the Texas State Teachers Association and others, sued appellees, the Central Education Agency, the State Board of Education and others, in the district court of Travis County seeking a declaratory judgment that Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 13.047 (Supp.1986) is unconstitutional. Section 13.047 imposes certain competency testing requirements on certified school teachers and administrators. Appellants also sought an injunction prohibiting...

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