ACCEPTED 03-14-00629-CV 7144178 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/29/2015 12:32:19 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK NO. 03-14-00629-CV __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 3rd COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/29/2015 12:32:19 PM _______________________________________________________________ JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk LOS FRESNOS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS, THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION Appellants, v. JORGE VAZQUEZ, Appellee. __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 419th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas; Cause No. D-1-GN-13-003654; before the Honorable Scott H. Jenkins __________________________________________________________________ APPELLANT COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION’S NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF LEAD COUNSEL __________________________________________________________________ TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS: Now comes Appellant Michael L. Williams, the State Commissioner of Education, by and through Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, and the undersigned attorneys, and gives notice of the substitution of Kara Holsinger as lead counsel for the Commissioner of Education in place of Jennifer Hopgood. This notice is tendered in compliance with Rule 15 of the Rules of Practice Before the Third Court of Appeals, which permits government counsel to file such notice rather than comply with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.5.

Respectfully submitted, KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General JAMES E. DAVIS Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation DAVID A. TALBOT, JR. Chief, Administrative Law Division /s/ Kara Holsinger KARA HOLSINGER Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24065444 Office of the Attorney General of Texas Administrative Law Division P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Telephone: (512) 475-4203 Facsimile: (512) 320-0167 [email protected] Attorneys for Appellants

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellant Commissioner of Education’s Notice of Substitution of Lead Counsel has been served on the following via e-service and/or e-mail on this the 29th day of September, 2015.

Mark W. Robinett BRIM, ARNETT, ROBINETT, & CONNERS, P.C.

2525 Wallingwood Drive, Building 14 Austin, TX 78746 [email protected] Attorney for the Appellee

Craig Wood Stacy T. Castillo Elizabeth G. Neally Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo & Kyle P.C NE Loop 410, Suite 900 San Antonio, Texas 78216 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Appellant Los Fresnos CISD

/s/ Kara Holsinger KARA HOLSINGER Assistant Attorney General