By: Creighton, Campbell, Hinojosa of Nueces  S.B. No. 2617          (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;   May 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 2; May 7, 2025, sent   to printer.)     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2617 By:  Hagenbuch     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 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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *