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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the wearing of Native American tribal regalia or |
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objects of cultural significance at certain public school events. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 25.902 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.902. NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL REGALIA AT CERTAIN |
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SCHOOL EVENTS. (a) A school district may not prohibit a student who |
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is a member of a Native American tribe from wearing traditional |
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tribal regalia or objects that have cultural significance to that |
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tribe, including feathers, beadwork, or tribal symbols, at a |
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graduation ceremony or other official school event. |
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(b) In this section, "member of a Native American tribe" |
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means an individual who is enrolled or eligible to be enrolled as a |
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member of a federally or state recognized American Indian or Alaska |
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Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, rancheria, village, or |
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community. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |