| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to Texas Military Heroes Day in public schools. |
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| 6 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 8 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 29.9071 to read as follows: |
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| 9 | 11 | | Sec. 29.9071. TEXAS MILITARY HEROES DAY. (a) To educate |
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| 10 | 12 | | students about the sacrifices made by brave Texans who have served |
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| 11 | 13 | | in the armed forces of the United States, the governor shall |
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| 12 | 14 | | designate a day to be known as Texas Military Heroes Day in public |
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| 13 | 15 | | schools. |
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| 14 | 16 | | (b) Texas Military Heroes Day shall include appropriate |
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| 15 | 17 | | instruction, as determined by each school district. Instruction |
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| 16 | 18 | | may include: |
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| 17 | 19 | | (1) information about persons who have served in the |
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| 18 | 20 | | armed forces of the United States and are from the community or the |
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| 19 | 21 | | geographic area in which the district is located; and |
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| 20 | 22 | | (2) participation, in person or using technology, in |
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| 21 | 23 | | age-appropriate learning projects at battlefields and gravesites |
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| 22 | 24 | | associated with a person who has served in the armed forces. |
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| 23 | 25 | | (c) The agency may collaborate with other state agencies to |
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| 24 | 26 | | promote Texas Military Heroes Day. |
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| 25 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 26 | 28 | | school year. |
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| 27 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 32 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1901 passed the Senate on |
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| 35 | | - | April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 36 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 38 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1901 passed the House on |
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| 39 | | - | May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two |
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| 40 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 41 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 43 | | - | Approved: |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Date |
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| 46 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Governor |
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