Group Sues to Keep Teacher Background Checks Private
by Jason Morris
AUSTIN — A teacher’s group filed a lawsuit Monday in an effort to prevent the release to the media of personal information gleaned from teacher background checks.
The Association of Texas Professional Educators filed the lawsuit against the Austin school board and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
When the Austin American-Statesman requested the information, the school district tried to withhold it, citing exemptions in the Texas public information laws. But Abbott’s office ruled that part of the information was not exempt from the public information laws.
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