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House Bill 1187 |
House Author: Morrison |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Van de Putte |
House Bill 1187 amends the Government Code and the Education Code to provide for a program allowing students to receive vouchers that entitle them to tuition and fee exemptions at a Texas public college or university for playing "Taps" at military funeral services. The bill requires the Texas Veterans Commission to create a program to issue vouchers to students in grades 6 through 12 or in college who sound "Taps" on a bugle, trumpet, or cornet during military honors funerals for veterans, with a voucher equivalent of $25 being issued each time a student plays "Taps" at a funeral. The bill allows a school district to excuse a student from school without penalty to perform at a funeral and to give such students a reasonable time in which to make up any missed school work. It requires a public college or university to provide the $25 tuition and fee exemption in exchange for each voucher presented by a student.