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Tex. Educ. Code § 22.0514 (2026)

Exhaustion Of Remedies

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Sec. 22.0514. EXHAUSTION OF REMEDIES. A person may not file suit against a professional employee of a school district unless the person has exhausted the remedies provided by the school district for resolving the complaint.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 15.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1197, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2023 · leading case: Hous. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Durrell, 547 S.W.3d 299 (Tex. App. 2018).
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Hous. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Durrell, 547 S.W.3d 299 (Tex. App. 2018). “0514, which states that "[a] person may not file suit against a professional employee of a school district unless the person has exhausted the remedies provided by the school district for resolving the complaint.”
Earline Melendez v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist. & Connie Berger, 418 S.W.3d 701 (Tex. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “” Tex. Educ.Code § 22.0514. It is undisputed that Berger is a “professional employee of a school district.”
El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist. v. McIntyre, 457 S.W.3d 475 (Tex. App. 2014). “See Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 22.0514 (West 2012).”
La Joya Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Ruth Villarreal, Individually & Ruth Villarreal Ins. Llc (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “Appellants also assert Villarreal failed to exhaust administrative remedies, a jurisdictional prerequisite under Texas Education Code section 22.0514. See TEX.”
Webb Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Robert Marshall & Amy Marshall (Tex. App. 2023). “”), and TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 22.0514 (“A person may not file suit against a professional employee of a school district unless the person has exhausted the remedies provided by the school district for resolving the complaint.”
El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist., Dr. Lorenzo Garcia & Mark Mendoza v. Michael McIntyre & Laura McIntyre, Individually & on Behalf of Their Minor Child., K. M., L. M., C. M., M. M., & L. M. (Tex. App. 2014). “Thus, the statute provided some protection for employees when claims against the governmental unit were reduced to judgment 4 Section 22.”
Joystene Moore v. Michelle Miller, as Next Friend for Stacie Woodberry (Tex. App. 2012). “Moore filed a plea to the jurisdiction asserting, among other things, that: (1) Miller failed to exhaust administrative remedies provided in the Somerville Independent School District Student Rights and Responsibilities FNG (LOCAL) (“Board Policy”), see TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. §…”
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