Bill Text: TX HB474 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a policy adopted by a school district regarding the wearing of attire and regalia at certain public school events.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB474 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB474-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales of Harris | H.B. No. 474 | |
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| relating to a policy adopted by a school district regarding the | ||
| wearing of attire and regalia at certain public school events. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 25.905 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.905. POLICY REGARDING STUDENT ATTIRE AND REGALIA AT | ||
| CERTAIN SCHOOL EVENTS. (a) The board of trustees of each school | ||
| district shall adopt a policy regarding attire and regalia that may | ||
| be worn by students at graduation ceremonies and other official | ||
| school events in the district. The policy: | ||
| (1) must establish a process by which the district | ||
| approves attire and regalia worn by students at a graduation | ||
| ceremony, including the specific criteria required for approval; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) may not prohibit a student from wearing culturally | ||
| significant or academic attire or regalia at a graduation ceremony | ||
| or other official school event unless the attire or regalia: | ||
| (A) poses a safety risk; or | ||
| (B) impairs the student's vision or mobility. | ||
| (b) In this section, "culturally significant or academic | ||
| attire or regalia" includes cords or stoles that signify the | ||
| student's: | ||
| (1) cultural heritage; | ||
| (2) membership in an honor society; or | ||
| (3) affiliation with a student organization. | ||
| 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. | ||
