Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 352
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/31/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Clemens) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 99 and 100
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Section 1003.445, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         1003.445 Veterans Day observance.—Each school district must
    8  observe November 11 of each year as the Veterans Day holiday.
    9  Classes may not be held on that holiday for any reason. If
   10  November 11 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a school holiday
   11  shall be observed on a weekday immediately before or after that
   12  weekend to correspond to the date on which Veterans Day is
   13  observed as a federal holiday.
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   15  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   16  And the title is amended as follows:
   17         Delete lines 2 - 13
   18  and insert:
   19         An act relating to patriotic observances; creating s.
   20         683.1455, F.S.; designating the month of September as
   21         “American Founders’ Month”; authorizing the Governor
   22         to annually issue a proclamation designating the month
   23         and urging participation; amending s. 1003.44, F.S.;
   24         requiring district school boards to celebrate the
   25         American Founders and the principles inherent in the
   26         country’s founding documents by observing American
   27         Founders’ Month; providing guidelines for instruction;
   28         providing that instruction may be integrated into the
   29         existing school curriculum; creating s. 1003.445,
   30         F.S.; requiring school districts to observe Veterans
   31         Day; prohibiting holding classes on that day;
   32         requiring a school holiday immediately before or after
   33         a Veterans Day under certain circumstances to
   34         correspond to the federal holiday; providing an
   35         effective date.