{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 22.012","heading":"RELIGIOUS SPEECH OR PRAYER.","body":"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:\n(1) necessary to further a compelling state interest; and\n(2) narrowly tailored using the least restrictive means to achieve that compelling state interest.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 789 (S.B. 965), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","CHAPTER 22. SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","SUBCHAPTER A. RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.22.htm#22.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"7af8bd2e152b2d3b6b9729f293e38777981a5a3c4393a35d8af3cf5cbe37fd57","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}