Texas Education Agency, William N. Kirby

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a declaratory‑judgment suit brought by four school districts seeking to limit the Commissioner of Education’s review and to preclude him from hearing constitutional and Title 42 claims. The Court held that the districts must first exhaust the administrative process before a court may determine the proper standard of review, and that the Commissioner may consider the employees’ constitutional and federal claims, making declaratory relief inappropriate.