TITLE: Relating to a policy adopted by a school district or open-enrollment charter school regarding the expression of dates.

SUMMARY: Relating to a policy adopted by a school district or open-enrollment charter school regarding the expression of dates.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a policy adopted by a school district or open-enrollment charter school regarding the expression of dates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.935 to read as follows: Sec. 29.935. EXPRESSION OF DATES. (a) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt and implement a policy requiring the use of the terms Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC) when expressing dates during student instruction. (b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not purchase or select curriculum materials for the district's or school's curriculum that express dates in a manner inconsistent with the policy adopted under Subsection (a). SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.