Court adjourns with no decision in TEA lawsuit

AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - The court adjourned Tuesday with no decision made in the TEA lawsuit.

The defense will have until Friday, Oct. 13 to file an appeal to some of the language in the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs will have until the following Friday, Oct. 20 to file any of their appeals based on what comes from the defense.

The judge has until Oct. 20 to make a ruling in the case.

The prosecution invited superintendents all across Texas, including Waco ISD’s superintendent, Dr. Susan Kincannon.

The hearing brought up the correlation between districts with high percentages of economically disadvantaged students and low accountability ratings, claiming that schools rated with a D or F had 60 to 100 percent of economically disadvantaged students.

Kincannon shared her experiences with the accountability ratings, explaining that for “Waco ISD has 90% economically disadvantaged students, a very diverse school district, and accountability is hard for us.”

While Kincannon explains how she is proud to “represent our kids who need that representation and our staff who work really hard last year to prepare our students,” the superintendents and defense are waiting in anticipation for the final ruling.

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