SAN ANTONIO — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the past week has been busy filing lawsuits against school districts for violating the governor’s order forbidding mask mandates.

What You Need To Know

  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued San Antonio ISD and Superintendent Pedro Martinez over a mandate that requires all district staff to be vaccinated 

  • Paxton says the mandate violates Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order forbidding such mandates

  • Martinez in August wrote that he believed roughly 90% of district staff was already vaccinated against COVID-19

  • Paxton over the past week has sued numerous school districts for having mask mandates in place 

His latest target is San Antonio ISD and its superintendent, Pedro Martinez. This time it involves a vaccine mandate. 

The district is currently requiring all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

In announcing his lawsuit, Paxton wrote that the mandate violates Gov. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-39, which prohibits such a measure.

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“The decision to openly violate state law and devote district resources to defending Superintendent Martinez’s unlawful actions is irresponsible,” Paxton wrote. “But if school districts decide to use their limited funding to try to get away with breaking the law, my office will oppose them and uphold the rule of law in Texas.”

In an August statement announcing the vaccine mandate, as well as a mask mandate, Martinez said that roughly 90% of district staff is already vaccinated.

“We strongly believe that the best path forward as a school district is to require all staff to become vaccinated against COVID-19. And the timing is now. This is a profound moment where we can choose to lead by example,” Martinez wrote in a letter.

“I want to thank the vast majority of you, about 90%, who already are vaccinated. For those of you who are not yet vaccinated against COVID-19, you must be fully vaccinated by Friday, Oct. 15. Please note that it takes five weeks after the administration of the first dose to be considered fully vaccinated," he continued. 

This is actually the second such lawsuit Paxton has filed against SAISD and Martinez.