In Texas, State Senators are making moves to ban certain flags, like Pride flags, from public schools across the state. Texas’ upper chamber has given preliminary approval to Senate Bill 762 this week. As the Texas Newsroom reports, under the proposal, Texas students, teachers, and others on public school campuses could be fined $500 for each day an unapproved flag is displayed after they’re told to take it down.
Approved flags include the Texas flag, the Prisoner of War or Missing In Action flag, a political subdivision’s flag, a military flag, the flag of a foreign country and college flags, among others. The bill’s sponsor, Senator Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, says there’s only one way flags not on the approved list can be displayed. “If the flags are part of the educational curriculum the flags can be displayed.”
Pride, Black Lives Matter, and the Thin Blue Line are among the flags that would be banned unless they fit the school curriculum for that day. Under SB-762, the new law would take effect January 1, 2026.
