Texas Supreme Court to take up UT regent Wallace Hall's fight over student records
AUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court next month will resolve a longstanding battle between University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall and UT System Chancellor Bill McRaven over records collected during an internal investigation into admission processes at UT-Austin.
The court announced Friday it will take up the case, scheduling oral arguments for Jan. 11. The court is expediting the case because Hall's 6-year term as a regent ends on Feb. 1.
Hall first sued McRaven in 2015, seeking access to records behind an independent report that found numerous under-qualified students were admitted to UT-Austin thanks to the influence of lawmakers, donors and other powerful individuals.
McRaven and officials with the UT System have offered to grant Hall access to the records with confidential student information redacted, but Hall has said the documents would be "meaningless" with the redactions.
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