By: Campbell  S.B. No. 762          (In the Senate - Filed January 10, 2025; February 7, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;   April 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 1; April 7, 2025,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 762 By:  Paxton     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the display of flags in public schools; providing a   civil penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding   Section 1.0031 to read as follows:          Sec. 1.0031.  DISPLAY OF FLAGS. (a)  In this section:                (1)  "Display" means to exhibit or place an object   anywhere students may see the object.                (2) "Flag" means a piece of fabric or similar material,   typically rectangular in shape, with a specific design, including a   design that symbolizes a location, governmental entity, or cause.          (b)  A public elementary or secondary school may not display   or permit an employee, agent, volunteer, or student to display on   school property any flag other than the following flags:                (1)  the United States flag;                (2)  the state flag;                (3)  a flag that cannot be disturbed or altered due to   archeological or historical preservation as determined by the Texas   Historical Commission;                (4)  the Prisoner of War or Missing in Action flag;                (5)  a flag that represents an Indian tribe, as defined   by 25 U.S.C. Section 5304(e);                (6)  a flag that represents a political subdivision;                (7)  a flag that represents any unit, branch, or other   division of the armed forces of the United States, including a   Reserve Officers' Training Corps program;                (8)  a flag that represents a foreign country or   political subdivision of that country;                (9)  a flag that represents a college or university;                (10)  a flag that is displayed temporarily as part of   the required curriculum under Section 28.002;                (11)  the school's official flag; or                (12)  the flag of an organization authorized to use a   school building, provided that the flag is only displayed during   the authorized time and at the authorized location specified for   the organization's use of school property.          (c)  A parent or guardian of a child who is enrolled, or   eligible to enroll, in a school that violates Subsection (b) may   provide written notice of the alleged violation to the school and   allow the school 10 business days from receipt of the notice to   remedy the violation.          (d)  Not later than the 10th business day after receiving a   written notice under Subsection (c), the school shall provide in   writing to the parent or guardian notice of the remedy the school   implemented.          (e)  A school that violates Subsection (b) and fails to   provide notice of the remedy implemented by the school within the   period prescribed by Subsection (d) is liable to the state for a   civil penalty in the amount of $500 for each day that the school   fails to provide notice of the remedy after the period prescribed by   Subsection (d). The attorney general may sue to collect a civil   penalty under this subsection. Money collected under this   subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of   the general revenue fund.          SECTION 2.  It is the intent of the legislature that every   provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word   in this Act, and every application of the provisions in this Act to   every person, group of persons, or circumstances, is severable from   each other.  If any application of any provision in this Act to any   person, group of persons, or circumstances is found by a court to be   invalid for any reason, the remaining applications of that   provision to all other persons and circumstances shall be severed   and may not be affected.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.     * * * * *