AG Ken Paxton Ensures Education Accountability and Transparency by Defending State Authority to Issue Public School Performance Ratings

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a unanimous victory from the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, upholding Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath’s legal authority to issue annual A to F performance ratings for Texas public schools.“Despite state law requiring the annual issuance of A to F grades for public schools, rogue school districts have fought for years to hide the...