Texas Education Code

§ 11.173 — USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES BY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION

ED § 11.173Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE · Ch. 11. SCHOOL DISTRICTS · Art. D. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

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(a)A school district or open-enrollment charter school may allow a religious organization to use the district's or school's facilities to host religious worship, services, sermons, or assemblies only if:

(1)the use of the facilities does not interfere with the district's or school's primary educational mission;

(2)the religious organization provides the fair market rental value or reimbursement for utilities, security, and other costs related to the use of the facilities as determined by the board of trustees of the district or the governing body of the school, unless waived by the board or governing body;

(3)the religious organization agrees to be held liable for any damages that occur in the organization's use of the facilities;

(4)the religious organization is subject to the same rental terms for the use of the facilities that a nonreligious organization would be subjected to for that use; and

(5)any additional requirements imposed by other law for the use of the facilities are satisfied.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1037 (S.B. 2986), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.