Texas Employment Commission v. Child, Inc.

BRADY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a district court judgment reversing a decision of the Texas Employment Commission. The Commission had ruled that employees of appellee, a corporation operating a “Head Start” program for preschool children, qualified for unemployment benefits. The trial court granted a “declaratory judgment” that ap-pellee was an “educational institution;” thus, the employees were not entitled to benefits under a section of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act which denies benefits to educational employees idled during summer school vacation. We will reverse the…