Tex. Educ. Code § 22.012 · Subchapter A. RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND BENEFITS
RELIGIOUS SPEECH OR PRAYER.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The right of an employee of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty may not be infringed on by the district or school or another state governmental entity, unless the infringement is:
(1) necessary to further a compelling state interest; and
(2) narrowly tailored using the least restrictive means to achieve that compelling state interest.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 789 (S.B. 965), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.22.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 11834d715395cb9e977eeb1d2295f2c6bc690c988f81eb2c5e8945050a204ad9
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.