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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 326 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Bulso |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0326 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002038 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 2, relative to days of special observance. |
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| 16 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Sister Sandra Olivia Smithson was an educator, visionary, and advocate for |
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| 17 | 16 | | low-income families through education; and |
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| 18 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Sister Smithson spent sixty-seven years of her life in religious service, |
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| 19 | 18 | | working in missions in both the United States and South America; and |
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| 20 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Sister Smithson returned to her hometown of Nashville in the 1980s and |
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| 21 | 20 | | saw a great and critical need to better the lives of children by creating educational opportunities; |
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| 22 | 21 | | and |
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| 23 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Sister Smithson founded Nashville's first charter school, Smithson |
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| 24 | 23 | | Craighead Academy; now, therefore, |
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| 25 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TEN NESSEE: |
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| 26 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, Chapter 2, is amended by adding |
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| 27 | 26 | | the following as a new section: |
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| 28 | 27 | | March 3 of every year is observed as "Sister Sandra Smithson Day," to honor the |
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| 29 | 28 | | immeasurable impact Sister Smithson had on this state by bettering the lives of children |
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| 30 | 29 | | in need through the power of improved educational opportunities and the founding of |
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| 31 | 30 | | Nashville's first charter school. This day is not a legal holiday as defined in ยง 15-1-101. |
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| 32 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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