Tex. Education Code § 22.012
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 22.012, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 22.012. RELIGIOUS SPEECH OR PRAYER.
Official statutory text
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:
(1) necessary to further a compelling state interest; and
(2) narrowly tailored using the least restrictive means to achieve that compelling state interest.
(1) necessary to further a compelling state interest; and
(2) narrowly tailored using the least restrictive means to achieve that compelling state interest.
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