{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.406","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 21.406","heading":"DENIAL OF COMPENSATION BASED ON ABSENCE FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE PROHIBITED.","body":"A school district may not deny an educator a salary bonus or similar compensation given in whole or in part on the basis of educator attendance because of the educator's absence from school for observance of a holy day observed by a religion whose places of worship are exempt from property taxation under Section 11.20, Tax Code.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","CHAPTER 21. EDUCATORS","SUBCHAPTER I. DUTIES AND BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm#21.406","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"b277c32241f60995a4bfd19e3b87a26acd38619089866bd8576b262ceac5768a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.405","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.407"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}