HB 2317

                                 SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 2317
                           103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                         INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SHARP (37).
 5771H.01I  JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
                                            AN ACT
 To amend chapter 170, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to black history
       month observance in schools.
 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
2 known as section 170.375, to read as follows:
         170.375. 1. The board of each school district shall require each public school in
2 such district to conduct educational programs and activities and devote a period of time
3 at least equal to one class period that honors the struggles and triumphs of black
4 Americans throughout the history of the United States. Such educational programs and
5 activities and period of time shall take place in the month of February.
62. The school board, in consultation with the administrators of each public
7 school in the school district, shall determine the educational programs and activities that
8 will be conducted to comply with the requirements of this section.
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 EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
 intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.