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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 2TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 157HEARINGS AND APPEALS
SUBCHAPTER AAGENERAL PROVISIONS FOR HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
RULE §157.1051Petition for Review

(a) A petition for review shall contain the following in numbered paragraphs:

  (1) a description of the challenged ruling, action, or failure to act complained of;

  (2) the date of the challenged ruling, action, or failure to act;

  (3) a precise description of the action the petitioner wants the commissioner to take on the petitioner's behalf;

  (4) a statement of jurisdiction and the legal basis for the claim;

  (5) if the hearing is de novo, a statement of the facts of which the petitioner is aware or which the petitioner believes to be true and which would lead to a reasonable conclusion that the petitioner is entitled to the relief sought;

  (6) the name, mailing address, telephone number of the petitioner's party representative during business hours, email address, and facsimile number, if any; and

  (7) the name, mailing address, and business telephone of the respondent or the respondent's representative, email address, and facsimile number, if any.

(b) Nothing in this section requires the petitioner to plead all evidence relied upon. However, all issues relied upon by the petitioner must be raised in the petition for review, and the commissioner will not consider any issues not raised in the petition for review.


Source Note: The provisions of this §157.1051 adopted to be effective April 7, 1993, 18 TexReg 1928; amended to be effective July 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 6887; amended to be effective January 10, 2023, 48 TexReg 49

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