Did a Texas School Trustee Continue to Receive Payments After She Resigned Midyear?
A community member received information from the Texas Education Agency that matches data on
openthebooks.com that apparently shows
@tiffanie4rrisd Tiffanie Harrison, current
@RoundRockISD Trustee, continued to receive her teacher salary from the District AFTER she was elected in November of 2020. Tiffanie took her office in late November of 2020, but records obtained from a community member show that Tiffanie continued to receive a salary worth thousands of dollars while she was a sitting board member until the end of the school year in 2021 even though she had resigned her teaching position in November when she was sworn in as a Trustee. Any salary payment after Tiffanie was sworn in as a Trustee to the district would violate Texas law.
โIf the employee is elected and wants to accept the office, the common law doctrine of incompatibility will prohibit the employee from continued employment by the district. At that point, the individual must either resign the employment or decline the office. See Tex. Attโy Gen. LA-114 (1975) (concluding that a teacher must relinquish that position if elected to the board of the same district).โ โ Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
tasb.org/resources/esource/sโฆ
The community member has requested Harrisonโs salary information on August 22, 2024, from Round Rock ISD but the district has refused to fulfill the official request (2025-071). The request stated: โPlease provide any and all payments made, including but not limited to settlements, salaries, reimbursements, and/or other payments for services, contracts or agreements and/or entitles that employ the following trustees: Amy Weir, Amber Feller, Amber Feller Landrum, Amber Landrum, Tiffanie Harrison, Esteban 'Chuy' Zarate, and/or Alicia Markum. Date range is January 1, 2019, through August 22, 2024.โ Note that since the district has not responded in the legal amount of time this Public Information Request is out of compliance with the law.
@KenPaxtonTX