Houston, Texas, Oct 28, 2025 / 05:44 am

Texas voters will head to the polls next week to consider Proposition 15, the Parental Rights Amendment , a constitutional amendment aimed at enshrining parents' rights in the state constitution.

The measure, if approved, would add language to the Texas Constitution affirming that parents have the right "to exercise care, custody, and control of the parent’s child, including the right to make decisions concerning the child’s upbringing" and the responsibility "to nurture and protect the parent's child."

Texas already ranks among 26 states with a Parents’ Bill of Rights enshrined in state law . That existing statute grants parents a right to “full information” concerning their child at school, as well as access to their child's student records,

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