Texas Education Code

§ 25.001 — ADMISSION

ED § 25.001Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part E. STUDENTS AND PARENTS · Ch. 25. ADMISSION, TRANSFER, AND ATTENDANCE · Art. A. ADMISSION AND ENROLLMENT

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(a)A person who, on the first day of September of any school year, is at least five years of age and under 21 years of age, or is at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age and is admitted by a school district to complete the requirements for a high school diploma is entitled to the benefits of the available school fund for that year. Any other person enrolled in a prekindergarten class under Section 29.153 is entitled to the benefits of the available school fund.

(b)The board of trustees of a school district or its designee shall admit into the public schools of the district free of tuition a person who is over five and younger than 21 years of age on the first day of September of the school year in which admission is sought, and may admit a person who is at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age for the purpose of completing the requirements for a high school diploma, if:

(1)the person and either parent of the person reside in the school district;

(2)the person does not reside in the school district but a parent of the person resides in the school district and that parent is a joint managing conservator or the sole managing conservator or possessory conservator of the person;

(3)the person and the person's guardian or other person having lawful control of the person under a court order reside within the school district;

(4)the person has established a separate residence under Subsection (d);

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 164 (H.B. 25), Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 920 (H.B. 283), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 850 (H.B. 1137), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 4.002, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 142 (H.B. 4), Sec. 3, eff. May 28, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 262 (H.B. 1597), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (S.B. 668), Sec. 1.03, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2526), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.016, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 5 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 1, eff. May 10, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (H.B. 2757), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 966 (S.B. 226), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.