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HRES 457 113th Congress House Education Commemorative events and holidays Elementary and secondary education Racial and ethnic relations School administration

Recognizing Lunar New Year as a significant cultural holiday and encouraging local education agencies to consider closing school on the Lunar New Year.

Introduced: January 13, 2014 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Recognizes that the Lunar New Year is a significant cultural holiday for many Asian-Americans in the United States.

Encourages local education agencies serving a substantial Asian-American population to close schools on that day each year in recognition of its cultural significance and to reduce the waste in government resources necessitated by holding school open on a day when a substantial portion of the student or teacher population is absent.

What's happening now January 13, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
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Chu, Judy
California · Feb 3, 2014
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Jan 29, 2014
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Green, Al
Texas · Jan 27, 2014
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jan 27, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 457: Recognizing Lunar New Year as a significant cultural holiday and encouraging local education agencies to consider closing school on the Lunar New Year.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-457/
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"H. Res. 457: Recognizing Lunar New Year as a significant cultural holiday and encouraging local education agencies to consider closing school on the Lunar New Year.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-457/.
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H. Res. 457, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-457/.
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[H. Res. 457: Recognizing Lunar New Year as a significant cultural holiday and encouraging local education agencies to consider closing school on the Lunar New Year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-457/)
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