The Texas Educational Code is the only thing that I can find that would have a definition of an educational institution, but there is not one in that very long document. I think that they will have an impossible task trying to smoke 'n mirror the AG's legal team in trying to make that claim valid. And when (not if) they are told no, they are going to likely find that this was a very expensive shell game to play. Unfortunately, Houston taxpayers will foot that bill, but perhaps a petition to fire the zoo manager would be in order, and whoever in the city government office came to that stellar legal conclusion.
But once again, I think that this speaks volumes about what you may expect if you OC in Houston, as I'm certain that the zoo didn't concoct this on its own and clearly had support from senior city managers. And I maintain that the CLEO's information session was nothing more than smoke and mirrors as they prep for a stop and ID (then harass) program.
