Legal Opinion
Brantley v. Texas Youth Commission
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided January 31, 2012No. 03-10-00019-CVPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.
After allegations surfaced that employees of the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) had sexually abused youths housed in that agency’s facilities, the Eightieth Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 103, which amended a number of statutory provisions governing that agency. 1 In section 37 of S.B. 103, the Legislature changed the basis of employment at TYC, which prior statutes had previously made for-cause, to at-will. 2 This appeal concerns attempts by a group of present and former TYC employees to challenge the constitutionality of that change.
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