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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE BILL 47 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Hale |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB0047 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 000467 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 14 | | relative to the display of historical documents. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 20, is amended by |
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| 18 | 18 | | adding the following as a new section: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) Local boards of education and governing bodies of public charter schools, as |
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| 20 | 20 | | defined in ยง 49-13-104, may allow schools in the LEA and public charter schools to |
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| 21 | 21 | | display the Ten Commandments, the Declaration of Independence, the United States |
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| 22 | 22 | | Constitution, the Constitution of Tennessee, the Bill of Rights, a resolution honoring the |
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| 23 | 23 | | history of a school in the LEA or the public charter school, or other historically significant |
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| 24 | 24 | | documents in a prominent location in each school building in order to educate students |
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| 25 | 25 | | on the historical significance and common cultural heritage the documents have on the |
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| 26 | 26 | | principles of the LEA or public charter school, this state, or the United States of America. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) LEAs and public charter schools are encouraged to display the historical |
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| 28 | 28 | | documents using wall posters or other hard copy, printed versions that are made |
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| 29 | 29 | | available to the LEAs or public charter schools free of charge. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) Each local board of education and each governing body of a public charter |
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| 31 | 31 | | school shall determine the size and placement of the display authorized in subsection |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a). |
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| 33 | 33 | | (d) As used in subsection (a), "prominent location" means a school entryway, |
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| 34 | 34 | | cafeteria, or common area where students are likely to see the display. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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