Nelson v. Weatherwax

OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I. Introduction

This is an administrative appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Education (“commissioner”) upholding the Fort Worth Independent School District’s (“FWISD”) termination of its contract with special education teacher Ann Weatherwax (“Weatherwax”). The district court reversed the decision of the commissioner. On appeal, the commissioner and FWISD contend that the district court erred because education code section 21.409 1 did not prevent the school district from conducting proceedings, while Weatherwax was on a temporary disability leave of…