{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-25.0021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 25.0021","heading":"USE OF LEGAL SURNAME.","body":"In each public school a student must be identified by the student's legal surname as that name appears:\n(1) on the student's birth certificate or other document suitable as proof of the student's identity; or\n(2) in a court order changing the student's name.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE E. STUDENTS AND PARENTS","CHAPTER 25. ADMISSION, TRANSFER, AND ATTENDANCE","SUBCHAPTER A. ADMISSION AND ENROLLMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.25.htm#25.0021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"120f221112aff12e822dbb017df171e019acd378ef7e804e738f660a27e2ca2a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-25.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-25.0022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}