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<item congress="113" measure-type="hres" measure-number="457" measure-id="id113hres457" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-01-13" update-date="2014-03-19">
<title>Recognizing Lunar New Year as a significant cultural holiday and encouraging local education agencies to consider closing school on the Lunar New Year.</title>
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<action-date>2014-01-13</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Recognizes that the Lunar New Year is a significant cultural holiday for many Asian-Americans in the United States.</p> <p>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.</p> <UL> </UL>]]></summary-text>
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