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Socorro ISD board votes to join multi-district social-media litigation over student impact; one trustee dissents
Summary
The board approved a resolution and a contingent-fee agreement to join multi-district litigation about youth social-media usage, despite a trustee's warning that litigation shifts responsibility from families and risks loss of local control; legal firms named in the agreement will represent the district under contingency terms.
Trustees voted Wednesday to adopt a resolution and to enter a contingent-fee legal-services agreement to participate in multi-district litigation addressing youth social-media usage.
The first vote approved findings required for expedited review by the Texas attorney general; the second authorized entering agreements with Thompson & Horton LLP, Island & Bonin PC, and O'Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo PC to represent the district on a contingency-fee basis.
"I motion that the board of trustees adopt a resolution approving the contingent fee legal…
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