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.
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Became law
Jan 13, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 13, 2014
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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