Tex. Educ. Code Section 26.010
Exemption from Instruction


(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.

(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.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Source: Section 26.010 — Exemption from Instruction, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.­26.­htm#26.­010 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 26.010’s source at texas​.gov