Tex. Educ. Code § 25.0021 · Subchapter A. ADMISSION AND ENROLLMENT
USE OF LEGAL SURNAME.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In each public school a student must be identified by the student's legal surname as that name appears:
(1) on the student's birth certificate or other document suitable as proof of the student's identity; or
(2) in a court order changing the student's name.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.25.htm
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- sha256 215cc89bd8678761c8a098a2347245039eecca8e8ad46da382d4c49e68ab6638
- 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
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