Students Study, Celebrate Constitution National Observance Tied to Federal Money
Augusta Chronicle, The › November 01, 2005
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Public school pupils across the country got a civics lesson, whether they liked it or not, on Sept. 16 when federally-funded schools celebrated Constitution Day for the first time.
Attached to a spending bill signed into law last year by President Bush, every school receiving federal education dollars must mark each anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution, Sept. 17, 1787, with mandatory instruction on government and the Constitution.See the full content of this document
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Students Study, Celebrate Constitution National Observance Tied to Federal Money
Because it fell on a Saturday, schools were given the option of observing the day on Friday or Monday.
"The requirements (of ...See the full content of this document
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