By Uresti H.B. No. 1319 77R4147 ESH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the observance of Veterans Day in public schools. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 28.007 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 28.007. OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS DAY. (a) Each Veterans 1-7 Day, for students in each grade level, a school shall conduct an 1-8 appropriate program remembering and honoring veterans of the United 1-9 States armed forces. The program must be provided for at least an 1-10 entire class period. 1-11 (b) If a school is not in session on Veterans Day, the 1-12 school shall conduct the program required by Subsection (a) on: 1-13 (1) the last school day before Veterans Day; or 1-14 (2) the first school day after Veterans Day. 1-15 SECTION 2. Section 28.007, Education Code, as added by this 1-16 Act, applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year. 1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.