Texas Education Agency and Mike Morath, Commissioner of Education, in His Official Capacity v. American Youthworks, Inc., D/B/A American Youthworks Charter School Honors Academy, Inc., D/B/A Honors Academy And Azleway Inc., D/B/A Azleway Charter School

OPINION

Jeff Rose, Chief Justice

The 2013 Texas Legislature passed legislation aimed, in part, at strengthening the Commissioner of Education’s authority to revoke the charters of underperforming open-enrollment charter schools and at expediting that revocation process. American YouthWorks Charter School, Honors Academy, and Azleway Charter School (collectively, the Charter Schools) were among the first charter schools against which the Commissioner sought charter revocation under this new legislation. Their charter holders — appellees American YouthWorks, Inc., Honors Academy, Inc., and…