Dive Brief:
- A grand jury decided not to indict Texas Regent Wallace Hall Jr., after it heard evidence about Hall’s alleged abuse of power.
- The grand jury did, however, recommend Hall be removed from his appointed position for lack of transparency and accountability, the Houston Chronicle reports.
- Hall spearheaded his own investigation into the actions of University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers and submitted public records requests that cost $1 million to respond to.
Dive Insight:
While the grand jury did not indict Hall -- or indicate why it did not -- the Chronicle reports there is still the belief that Hall should be removed from office for his actions. Beyond the costly records requests, Hall also released confidential student records to his lawyer and the Texas attorney general's office during the course of the court investigation, making those University of Texas students potential victims in the entire case.