Which District Can a Child Attend?
Texas Education Code
25.001. (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 [student] and either parent of the person reside in the school district; (2) the person [student]does not reside in the school district but a parent of the person [student] resides in the school district and that parent is a joint managing conservator or the sole managing conservator or possessory conservator of the person [student]; or (3) the person [student] and the person's [student's] guardian or other person having lawful control of the person [student] under a court order reside within the school district.