Mesquite ISD
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Location Map MESQUITE, TX 75150 Dallas County
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District Poverty Rate 20.1% (data source)
Non-White Students 91.6% (data source)
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Last Updated December 1, 2025
What Can My School District Do?

All school districts, regardless of whether they are required by law to allow released time, should implement good policy and be prepared for when a released time program may approach the district. The time to set the policy is before an active program is pressuring the district. Research polices the district can implement to protect teachers' and students' instruction time. Set polices that limit disruptions to students and the ability for proselytization to occur, impacting other students of faith or no faith. A more detailed write-up on school board policies can be read here.

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Schools in the District (51)
School Step Description Grades Period Signatures
Achziger ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 3
Agnew MiddleStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Beasley ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Berry MiddleStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Black ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 4
Cannaday ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Florence ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Galloway ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Gentry ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Hanby ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Horn H SStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 4
Kimball ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Kimbrough MiddleStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Mackey ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Mckenzie ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Mesquite H SStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 4
Moss ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
PASS LEARNING CTRStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Porter ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Poteet H SStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Rugel ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Shaw ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Terry MiddleStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Thompson ElStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 3
West Mesquite H SStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Austin ElStep 0 No Progress 0
DR DON WOOLLEY MIDDLEStep 0 No Progress 0
Dr Linda Henrie ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Floyd ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Gray ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Hodges ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Lanny Frasier MiddleStep 0 No Progress 0
Lawrence ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Mcdonald MiddleStep 0 No Progress 0
Mcwhorter ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Motley ElStep 0 No Progress 0
NEW ELStep 0 No Progress 0
New MiddleStep 0 No Progress 0
North Mesquite H SStep 0 No Progress 0
Pirrung ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Price ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Range ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Rutherford ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Seabourn ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Shands ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Smith ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Tisinger ElStep 0 No Progress 0
Tosch ElStep 0 No Progress 0
VANGUARD H SStep 0 No Progress 0
Vanston MiddleStep 0 No Progress 0
Wilkinson MiddleStep 0 No Progress 0
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State Law and School Board Policy
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Policy Notes
Texas State Law Schools are required to allow students to be released for religious programs. This does not mean schools do not have the ability to create policies that protect the school's instruction time.
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