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AN ACT
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relating to Texas Military Heroes Day in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.9071 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.9071. TEXAS MILITARY HEROES DAY. (a) To educate |
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students about the sacrifices made by brave Texans who have served |
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in the armed forces of the United States, the governor shall |
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designate a day to be known as Texas Military Heroes Day in public |
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schools. |
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(b) Texas Military Heroes Day shall include appropriate |
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instruction, as determined by each school district. Instruction |
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may include: |
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(1) information about persons who have served in the |
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armed forces of the United States and are from the community or the |
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geographic area in which the district is located; and |
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(2) participation, in person or using technology, in |
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age-appropriate learning projects at battlefields and gravesites |
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associated with a person who has served in the armed forces. |
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(c) The agency may collaborate with other state agencies to |
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promote Texas Military Heroes Day. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1901 passed the Senate on |
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April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1901 passed the House on |
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May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |