SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1040

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LUETKEMEYER (Sponsor), ROSS, DOLAN, PHILLIPS, COOPER, BEARDEN, REINHART, HUNTER, BYRD, JETTON AND LEVIN.

Pre-filed December 3, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 170, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a mandatory assembly for veterans' day.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 170, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 170.049, to read as follows:

170.049. The board of each school district shall require each school in such district to devote a period of time equal to one class period to an observance that conveys the meaning and significance of veterans' day. Such observance shall take place on or as close as possible to veterans' day. The board, in consultation with the administrators of each school in the district, shall determine the activities which will constitute the required observance.



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