Mandatory school memorials for Sept. 11 considered

ATLANTA - Under a bill proposed Moday in the Georgia House, school children would mark the week of September 11 by reciting the Declaration of Independence. <br> <br> The proposed ``Celebrate Freedom Week,&#39;&#39; would include at least three hours set aside for discussion of the Declaration of Independence. <br> <br> The bill&#39;s modeled after a similar Florida law that passed last year. <br> <br> Georgia&#39;s law would require teachers and principals to begin every day that week with a student recitation of two sentences of the Declaration: <br> <br> ``We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed....&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Parents would be able to request that their children be exempted from the requirement. <br> <br> The bill&#39;s sponsor, Republican Representative Bill Hembree of Douglasville says the week would be an appropriate memorial for the victims of the 2001 terror attacks.

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