Bill Text: TX SB1901 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to Texas Military Heroes Day in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB1901 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1901-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1901 |
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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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
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 |