12/7/09

Last week, Texas Attorney General Opinion No. GA-0749 (2009) was issued on the "Application of Education Code section 11.063 to former school district trustee placed in his district by a school staffing company."

The Summary to the Opinion stated,

"Section 11.063 of the Education Code bars a school district trustee from accepting employment with the school district until the first anniversary of the date his membership on the school board ends. If, after examining the relationship among the district, the third-party company and the trustee, a court were to find that a third-party company employed the former trustee and he was not employed by the school district, we believe that a court would likely conclude that his employment would not be barred by Education Code section 11.063, even though the private company assigned him to perform services for the school district."

To read the opinion, click on the link below.

http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2009/htm/ga-0749.htm