Bill Text: FL H0375 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Veterans' Day

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0375 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0375-Introduced.html

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HB 375

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Veterans' Day; requiring school
3	districts to observe Veterans' Day; prohibiting holding
4	classes on that day; providing an exception; requiring the
5	date of the Veterans' Day observance to correspond with
6	the federal holiday; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  Each school district must observe November 11
11	of each year as the Veterans' Day holiday. Classes may not be
12	held on such holiday for any reason except for a declared state
13	emergency. If November 11 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a
14	school holiday shall be observed on a weekday immediately
15	following or preceding that weekend so as to correspond with the
16	date that Veterans' Day is observed as a federal holiday.
17	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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