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Analysis on school law, government counsel, and corporate practice from the attorneys of Maddox & Muñiz, PLLC.
Child Find compliance for Texas school districts: the duty that runs before anyone asks
The 15 and 45 school day clocks districts routinely conflate, the Fifth Circuit's Krawietz standard, HB 3928 dyslexia evaluations, and what a defensible Child Find file looks like.
Read the ArticleThe Texas Open Meetings Act for school boards: what trustees and superintendents have to get right
Walking quorums on group texts, closed-session rules for student and personnel matters, the 31-hour first-year trustee training stack, and two gray zones where boards need counsel.
Read the ArticleTexas Open Meetings Act violations: the traps that still catch careful councils and boards
Rolling quorums, consent-agenda notice, closed-session drift, and the real criminal penalties under Chapter 551, including the 2019 rewrite that followed State v. Doyal.
Read the ArticleHow to form a PLLC in Texas, and what the entity actually protects
Who must use a professional entity, who may own one, the filing sequence through SOS Form 206, and the honest boundaries of the liability shield for licensed professionals.
Read the ArticleOperating agreement disputes in Texas LLCs: the law that takes over when partners stop agreeing
Fiduciary duty waivers after the 2025 SB 29 amendment, what Ritchie v. Rupe means for minority members, buyout rights that do not exist by default, and the statutory fallback rules.
Read the ArticleWhen to hire outside general counsel: the thresholds that tell a Texas business it is time
The employee-count thresholds that switch on new law, contract and indemnity traps, breach-notification clocks, and the arithmetic of preventive counsel against litigation.
Read the ArticleSection 504 versus IDEA: which framework controls when a Texas student needs accommodation
Plain-language analysis of when Texas school districts owe a student a 504 plan, an IEP, or both. Covers eligibility standards, procedural protections, dual-eligibility, three traps districts walk into, and what a clean 504 file looks like.
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