| (a) The State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH)
shall expedite its review of a challenge under this division in order
to meet the requirements of this section.
(b) The administrative law judge shall issue a pre-hearing
order as soon as practical after the petition for review is transmitted
to the SOAH, setting all necessary deadlines.
(c) The administrative law judge may grant a continuance
of the date set in subsection (b) of this section only for good cause
shown.
(d) The administrative law judge may not order a settlement
conference, mediation, or other form of alternative dispute resolution.
(e) The administrative law judge shall issue a final
order as soon as practical after the petition for review is transmitted
to the SOAH.
(f) In all cases where the matter is docketed at SOAH
on or before March 15, the administrative law judge shall issue a
final order not later than May 31 of the same year.
(g) In setting deadlines and issuing orders, the SOAH
shall consider the following:
(1) the need for parents and students to evaluate,
select, and enroll in another school district or open-enrollment charter
school;
(2) the need for educators and staff to find other
employment;
(3) the need for the school district or open-enrollment
charter school to engage in an orderly termination of its operations;
and
(4) the need for the Texas Education Agency to facilitate
and complete an orderly termination of the operations of a school
district or open-enrollment charter school.
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