{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-26.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 26.010","heading":"EXEMPTION FROM INSTRUCTION.","body":"(a) A parent is entitled to remove the parent's child temporarily from a class or other school activity that conflicts with the parent's religious or moral beliefs if the parent presents or delivers to the teacher of the parent's child a written statement authorizing the removal of the child from the class or other school activity. A parent is not entitled to remove the parent's child from a class or other school activity to avoid a test or to prevent the child from taking a subject for an entire semester.\n(b) This section does not exempt a child from satisfying grade level or graduation requirements in a manner acceptable to the school district and the agency.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE E. STUDENTS AND PARENTS","CHAPTER 26. PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.26.htm#26.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"8b3f5395057c40b2f902a04522b13a846b7fc41f78e9ca65fe85a62cd437de3e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-26.0091","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-26.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}