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