By: Menéndez S.B. No. 3024               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the ability for students to recite the pledge of   allegiance.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  SECTION 25.082, Education Code, is amended as   follows:          (b)  The board of trustees of each school district and the   governing board of each open-enrollment charter school shall   require students, once during each school day at each campus, to   recite or silently observe the recitation of:                (1)  the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag   in accordance with 4 U.S.C. Section 4; and                (2)  the pledge of allegiance to the state flag in   accordance with Subchapter C, Chapter 3100, Government Code.          (b-1)  The board of trustees of each school district and the   governing board of each open-enrollment charter school shall   require that the United States and Texas flags be prominently   displayed in accordance with 4 U.S.C. Sections 5-10 and Chapter   3100, Government Code, in each campus classroom to which a student   is assigned at the time the pledges of allegiance to those flags are   recited. A district or school is not required to spend federal,   state, or local district or school funds to acquire flags required   under this subsection. A district or school may raise money or   accept gifts, grants, and donations to acquire flags required under   this subsection.          (c)  On written request from a student's parent or guardian,   a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall excuse   the student from reciting a pledge of allegiance under Subsection   (b) and these students must wait outside of the room as these   activities are being conducted.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.