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By: Creighton, Campbell, Hinojosa of Nueces |
S.B. No. 2617 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16; |
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May 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 2; May 7, 2025, sent |
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to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2617 |
By: Hagenbuch |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a policy adopted by a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school regarding the expression of dates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.935 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.935. EXPRESSION OF DATES. (a) The board of |
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trustees of a school district or the governing body of an |
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open-enrollment charter school shall adopt and implement a policy |
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requiring the use of the terms Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ |
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(BC) when expressing dates during student instruction. |
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(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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not purchase or select curriculum materials for the district's or |
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school's curriculum that express dates in a manner inconsistent |
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with the policy adopted under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 |
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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, 2025. |
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