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By: Puente (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) |
H.B. No. 708 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House March 19, 2007; |
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April 3, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; April 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 18, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Celebrate Freedom Week in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.907(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) To educate students about the sacrifices made for |
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freedom in the founding of this country and the values on which this |
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country was founded, the week in which September 17 [November 11] |
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falls is designated as Celebrate Freedom Week in public schools. |
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For purposes of this subsection, Sunday is considered the first day |
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of the week. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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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, 2007. |
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