From the ECS State Policy Database Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary MI Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 "Pledge of Allegiance" in public schools H.B. 4934 Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public s... More... ME Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance H.P. 842 Requires a school administrative unit to allow every student enrolled in the school administrative unit the opportunity to recite the Pledge... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance in Required Curriculum S.B. 518 Requires study of the pledge of allegiance to the U.S. and Georgia flag as a part of the required studies regarding American institutions an... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance H.B. 1 - Section 3313.602 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Prohibits school districts from preventing a teacher from having students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the... More... OK Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Founding Documents; Religious Materials H.B. 1756 Directs each school district to adopt a policy, with grade-level-appropriate instructional levels, that assures that all students are encour... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 civic education S.B. 1274 Requires that, when pupils are instructed with regard to the words of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America a... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 History and Government Required Content H.B. 2781 Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, disrticts must ensure that history and government courses include the following content: 1. Commer... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Display of U.S. and North Carolina Flag S.B. 700 Directs local boards of education, charter schools, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina school of science and math... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Display of Flag, Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 332 Requires a United States flag to be displayed in each classroom of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to provide a daily op... More... CO Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance H.B. 1002 Amends the Pledge of Allegiance statute to make the statute constitutional as required by the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in the 1992 ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 The Pledge of Allegiance Daily Recitation H.B. 1368 Creates a requirement for the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in each public school in the state. http://www.leg.state.co.us/20... More... MN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance S.F. 287 Effective 2003-04 school year and thereafter, requires recitation of the pledge of allegiance in all public schools, including charter schoo... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Observance of One Minute of Silence S.B. 83 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to provide for the observance of one minute of silence during each school day at each... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 The Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance H.B. 2388 Requires the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by all public school students. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/H... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance in Public Schools S.B. 105 The pledge of allegiance to the flag must be recited at the beginning of the day in each elementary public school and once a week at the beg... More... PA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Display of the Flag H.B. 592 Requires boards of directors to ensure that schools to display the U.S. flag (private, parochial and public schools). The flag must be disp... More... TN Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 2599 Each board of education shall require the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in each classroom in the school system in which a fla... More... IL Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 High School Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 1634 Requires the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited each school day by pupils in elementary and secondary educational institutions supported or ... More... CT Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Bullying and Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance H.B. 5425 Requires local and regional boards to establish policies addressing bullying in the schools. Policies must include components set out in leg... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 718 Requires every public school to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance is recited at least once a week in every student's class. Students are... More... MN Vetoed 05/2002 P-12 Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and Instruction in Civics Education and Flag Etiquette H.B. 2598 Requires recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance one or more times each week in all public and charter schools. Requires all public and chart... More... NH Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance H.B. 1446 Establishes the New Hampshire School Patriot Act which requires that school districts authorize a period of time during the school day for t... More... MS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Display of U.S. Flag and Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 2321 Display of United States flag and Pledge of Allegiance; required in all public school classrooms.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Flag and Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 94 Permits the posting or display of the United States flag and giving the pledge of allegiance within public schools in the State.... More... AL Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Patriotic Education H.J.R. 152C Relates to urging the Boards of Education to incorporate patriotic education as part of the daily Pledge of Allegiance.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 128 Relates to schools; designates November 11 as Veterans Day; requires public schools to conduct and observe Veterans Day programs; allows sch... More... KS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use and Display of US Flag in Public Schools H.B. 2105 Concerns the use and display of the flag of the United States of America in public schools. It shall be the duty of the state board of educa... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 1331 Requires all students to learn the Pledge of Allegiance and to demonstrate such knowledge and requires each school board to call for the dai... More... CA Vetoed 08/2000 P-12 Daily Pledge of Allegiance A.B. 1747 Provides that the recitation of a specified portion of the Declaration of Independence would satisfy the requirement of existing law which r... More... ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Display of the Flag; Pledge of Allegiance H.B. 655 Provides that the United States flag shall be displayed in every public school classroom; provides that every public school shall offer the ... More... AK Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance H.B. 192 Relates to the pledge of allegiance by public school students.... More...