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§ 25.0021. USE OF LEGAL SURNAME.

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TX Code › Code ed › Chapter 25 › Section 25.0021

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In each public school a student must be identified by the student's legal surname as that name appears:

(1) on the student's birth certificate or other document suitable as proof of the student's identity; or

(2) in a court order changing the student's name.

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