Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 7 - STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
Chapter 249 - DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS, SANCTIONS, AND CONTESTED CASES
Subchapter C - PREHEARING MATTERS
Section 249.25 - Pleadings
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Pleadings include petitions, answers, replies, exceptions, and motions. Regardless of any error in its designation, a pleading shall be accorded its true status in the proceeding in which it is filed.
(b) Amended and supplemental pleadings may be filed at such time so as not to operate as a surprise on the opposing party.
(c) The administrative law judge may allow a pleading to be amended during the contested case evidentiary hearing on the merits and shall do so freely when the trial amendment will facilitate determining the merits of the case but will not unduly prejudice the objecting party.
(d) In addition to this chapter, 1 Texas Administrative Code, Part 7, Chapter 155 (relating to Rules of Procedure) shall also govern the following matters related to pleadings: