89R16123 GP-D
By: Creighton S.B. No. 2617
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 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 2025-2026
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. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.