{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-1.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 1.004","heading":"DISPLAY OF NATIONAL MOTTO.","body":"(a) A public elementary or secondary school or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 must display in a conspicuous place in each building of the school or institution a durable poster or framed copy of the United States national motto, \"In God We Trust,\" if the poster or framed copy meets the requirements of Subsection (b) and is:\n(1) donated for display at the school or institution; or\n(2) purchased from private donations and made available to the school or institution.\n(b) A poster or framed copy of the national motto described by Subsection (a):\n(1) must contain a representation of the United States flag centered under the national motto and a representation of the state flag; and\n(2) may not depict any words, images, or other information other than the representations listed in Subdivision (1).\n(c) A public elementary or secondary school and an institution of higher education may accept and use private donations for the purposes of Subsection (a).\n(d) A classroom teacher at a public elementary or secondary school or a teacher or professor at an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 may not be prohibited from displaying in a classroom a poster or framed copy of the national motto that meets the requirements of this section.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 412, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 854 (S.B. 797), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2021.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 439 (H.B. 2012), Sec. 1, eff. June 9, 2023.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.1.htm#1.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"7701c796a00630223721c8a4b9650ec0401ea562b67551e37ccdbed96756b17c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-1.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-1.0041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}