MORATH v. LAMPASAS INDEP. SCH. DIST.

No. 22-0169.

686 S.W.3d 725 (2024)

Mike MORATH, Commissioner of Education for the State of Texas; Bellpas, Inc.; and Copperas Cove Independent School District, Petitioners, v. LAMPASAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: February 16, 2024.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Carr Bednar Jr., Austin, Trevor Boyd Hall, for Petitioners Copperas Cove Independent School District, Bellpas, Inc.

David P. Hansen, Austin, for Respondent.

Bill Davis, Elizabeth J. Brown Fore, Beth E. Klusmann, Dennis M. McKinney, Austin, Brent Webster, Houston, S. Grant Dorfman, Bellaire, Robyn Glassner, Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr., Trevor Boyd Hall, Shawn Cowles, Judd E. Stone II, for Petitioners Mike Morath, the Honorable Commissioner of Education for the State of Texas.


When a party presents a petition to detach real property from one school district and annex it to another, the Texas Education Code places a duty on both school boards to hold a hearing, make findings, and adopt a resolution approving or disapproving the petition.1 Each...

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