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Federal judge dismisses Houston ISD lawsuit seeking to avoid state takeover
By Aliyya Swaby, Texas TribuneHanding a win to Texas education officials, an Austin-based federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Houston Independent School District in an effort to stop the state from seizing control of its troubled school board.
The lawsuit was one of the last weapons in the 200,000-student school district's arsenal to avoid a near-inevitable state takeover in the making for months, prompted by the continued dysfunction of the school board and repeated low performance of one high school.
In a final judgment, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel denied the district's request for a preliminary injunction to stop Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath from appointing a board of managers to replace the board. He also remanded to state court some of the district's claims that Morath had exceeded his authority as he moved toward a takeover.
The decision came down just two weeks after the parties argued their cases in front of Yeakel in early December.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/12/19/texas-federal-lawsuit-houston-takeover/
