Q. Why do you want to provide this Guide, Dawg? A. We are not a Guide Dawg. We are a Law Dawg. Q. Sorry.  Let me rephrase.  What’s this all about? A.  This is about reflections on the case of Murmer v. Chesterfield County School Board, one of the more interesting school law cases you [...]

DEAR DAWG: I see that someone has complained about the hearing examiner falling asleep on the job (see In re Huff, page 19). Where does it say that a judge has to stay awake the whole time? Do you have any idea how BORING it can be to hear lawyers drone on and on and [...]

DEAR DAWG: I was reading the Commissioner’s decision in the case of Falgoust v. Santa Fe ISD and I noticed that it referenced another case: Miller v. Texas School for the Death. I had no idea we had a “school for the death” here in Texas. How do you get in? Do you have to [...]

DEAR DAWG: I know that a lot of our teachers work in the summer to make ends meet. In fact, a lot of them moonlight during the school year as well. We’re ok with that as long as they can still perform well in the “day job.” But we recently discovered that one of our [...]

DEAR DAWG: I hear they are after our fund balances! Say it ain’t so, Dawg! We have scrimped and saved and cut corners and made sacrifices. Now we have an excellent bond rating, a balanced budget and a healthy, though not extravagant, fund balance just in case of a rainy day. But I hear that there is talk of [...]