Godley Independent School District v. Woods

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

Dan Woods sued Godley Independent School District (GISD), claiming a breach of his teaching employment contract. Via a plea to the jurisdiction, GISD asked the trial court to dismiss the action, alleging that Woods had not pled that he exhausted his administrative remedies. When the court refused to do so, GISD brought this interlocutory appeal. We conclude that where the petition fails to affirmatively establish the court’s jurisdiction but could conceivably be amended to establish jurisdiction, a party must attack the pleadings by special exception before seeking…