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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to Veterans' Day; requiring school

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districts to observe Veterans' Day; prohibiting holding

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classes on that day; providing an exception; requiring the

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date of the Veterans' Day observance to correspond with

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the federal holiday; providing an effective date.

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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     Section 1. Each school district must observe November 11 of

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each year as the Veterans' Day holiday. Classes may not be held

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on such holiday for any reason except for a declared state

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emergency. If November 11 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a school

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holiday shall be observed on a weekday immediately following or

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preceding that weekend so as to correspond with the date that

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Veterans' Day is observed as a federal holiday.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.