89R8440 ANG-D     By: Harris H.B. No. 2171       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a public school policy regarding the playing of the   state song before certain school-sponsored athletic events.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.098 to read as follows:          Sec. 33.098.  PLAYING OF STATE SONG BEFORE ATHLETIC EVENTS.   (a) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing   board of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy   requiring the state song "Texas, Our Texas," as specified under   Section 3101.005, Government Code, to be played before each   school-sponsored athletic event held on a campus or at a facility of   the district or school.          (b)  A policy adopted under Subsection (a) must require the   state song to be played after the national anthem.          SECTION 2.  Not later than December 31, 2025, the   commissioner of education shall notify each board of trustees of a   school district and each governing body of an open-enrollment   charter school in this state of the requirement that the board or   governing body adopt a policy under Section 33.098, Education Code,   as added by this Act, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.          SECTION 3.  Section 33.098, Education Code, as added by this   Act, applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.