Attorney General Ken Paxton Issues Guidance to Religious Private Schools for Fall Reopenings

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Attorney General Ken Paxton Issues Guidance to Religious Private Schools for Fall Reopenings

AUSTIN –  Attorney General  Ken  Paxton  today issued a guidance letter to religious private schools in Texas, informing them that local public health orders attempting to restrict their reopenings violate the United States and Texas Constitutions and the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Moreover, local orders seeking to restrict the reopening of religious private schools or institutions is inconsistent with Governor Abbott’s executive orders, and therefore, are invalid.

Read the letter from the Attorney General here.

“As the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed just last week, there are robust constitutional and statutory protections unique to religious individuals and communities, specifically including religious private schools,” said Attorney General Paxton. “In accordance with the protections granted by the First Amendment and Texas law, this guidance allows religious private schools to determine for themselves when to reopen free from any government mandate or interference.”

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