Barbara Gilder v. Lionel R. Meno, Commissioner of Education for the State of Texas and Central Education Agency And Aquilla Independent School District

Gilder v. Meno

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-95-00080-CV

Barbara Gilder, Appellant

v.

Lionel R. Meno, Commissioner of Education for the State of Texas and Central

Education Agency; and Aquilla Independent School District, Appellees

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 98TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 455,464, HONORABLE MARY PEARL WILLIAMS, JUDGE PRESIDING

DISSENTING OPINION

I respectfully dissent.

This is, at its core, a statutory-construction case. There are two simple propositions that control the outcome of this appeal. First, more than a half-century of case law requires…