As you celebrate Easter week, we want to remind you that Texas law protects your religious freedom at school and Texas Values is constantly fighting on your behalf to safeguard your First Amendment rights.
Texas law requires that schools provide an "excused" absence for students that observe a religious holy day, like Good Friday. Texas law does not say that a child must attend a specific religious event.
Texas Education Code 25.087 (b) (1) (A) states that:
b) a school district shall excuse a student from attending school for:
(1) the following purposes, including travel for those purposes:
(A) observing religious holy days;
If your student chooses to observe Good Friday and not attend school, the school district must excuse the absence. And Texas law has no requirement that students must provide “documentation” of how they observed the religious holiday.
Read more about your religious freedom rights on our blog post.
