Texas Education Agency v. Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D‪.‬

This is an appeal from a district courts dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a declaratory judgment suit. We must decide whether a district court has jurisdiction, before a final administrative decision is made, to declare the standard of review the Commissioner of Education must apply in rendering his final administrative decision or to preclude the Commissioner from hearing certain claims. The court of appeals reversed the district courts dismissal and held that four school districts were entitled to have the district court direct how the Commissioner must conduct the administrative hearing. 797 S.W.2d 336. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and affirm the district courts judgment dismissing the suit.