TO: | Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB773 by Farney (Relating to the recitation of the pledges of allegiance to and display of the United States and state flags at and the observation of a moment of silence at open-enrollment charter schools and other public schools.), Conference Committee Report |
The bill would require the governing board of an open-enrollment charter school to adopt policies requiring students to recite the pledges to the United States and Texas flags, and provide for a moment of silence after reciting the pledges.
The bill would require each board of trustees of a school district and the governing board of an open-enrollment charter school to require the United States and Texas flags to be prominently displayed in each classroom in which students are assigned at the time of the pledge. A district or charter school could raise money and accept gifts, grants, and donations to purchase the required flags and would not be required to spend federal, state or local funds. This subsection would apply beginning with the 2016-2017 school year.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | UP, JBi, JSc
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