Use of Legal Surname

Tex. Education Code § 25.0021, under Chapter 25.

Tex. Education Code § 25.0021

Sec. 25.0021. USE OF LEGAL SURNAME. 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. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.