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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Education Code § 25.0021: USE OF LEGAL SURNAME.

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  1. EDUCATION CODE
  2. TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION
  3. SUBTITLE E. STUDENTS AND PARENTS
  4. CHAPTER 25. ADMISSION, TRANSFER, AND ATTENDANCE
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. ADMISSION AND ENROLLMENT

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.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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