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Texas Education Code § 22.012

Religious Speech or Prayer

School District Employees and Volunteers · Rights, Duties, and Benefits

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.

Official text of the Texas Education Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 789 (S.B. 965), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.