By: Campbell	S.B. No. 1901
	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border
	Security; April 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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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