| State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 MI | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy must ensure that an opportunity to recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States is offered each school day to all public school pupils in each public school it operates. However, provides that no student be required to recite the pledge nor should any student be subject to any penalty or bullying at school as a result of not reciting the pledge of allegiance. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billenrolled/House/pdf/2011-HNB-4934.pdf
Title: H.B. 4934
Source: legislature.mi.gov
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires a school administrative unit to allow every student enrolled in the school administrative unit the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at some point during a school day in which students are required to attend. Provides that a school administrative unit may not require a student to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/chapters/PUBLIC162.asp
Title: H.P. 842
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Requires study of the pledge of allegiance to the U.S. and Georgia flag as a part of the required studies regarding American institutions and ideals. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb518.pdf
Title: S.B. 518
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Prohibits school districts from preventing a teacher from having students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the teacher's classroom. Prohibits school districts from altering the Pledge of Allegiance from the wording set forth in the United States Code (4 U.S.C. 4).
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Pages 1159-1160 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.602
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Directs each school district to adopt a policy, with grade-level-appropriate instructional levels, that assures that all students are encouraged, and have the opportunity, to read and study the founding documents of America that are pertinent to understanding the principles, character, and world view of America's founders, including documents that contributed to the foundation or maintenance of America's representative republican form of limited government, the Bill of Rights, our free-market economic system, and patriotism. Each school district is required to permit a principal or teacher to use, read, or post in a public school building, classroom, or at any public school event any excerpts or portions of the documents, writings, speeches, proclamations, or records relating to the history, heritage, or foundation of the United States or the State of Oklahoma including, but not limited to, the:
1. Mayflower Compact;
2. Declaration of Independence;
3. Constitutions of the United States and the State of Oklahoma;
4. Federalist Papers;
5. Pledge of Allegiance;
6. National anthem;
7. Presidential records and speeches;
8. Acts and published records of Congress; and
9. United States Supreme Court decisions and records.
School districts may not limit or restrain instruction in American or Oklahoma state history or heritage based on religious references in documents, writings, speeches, proclamations, or the materials. These and any other materials shall be used for educational purposes only and not to establish or promote any religion. States that students may voluntarily choose to read, write, share, report, or otherwise study a topic which is religious in nature provided other students are provided with the same opportunity to freely choose a topic.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10HB/HB1756_int.rtf
Title: H.B. 1756
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | 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 as part of patriotic exercises, the school provide a combination of the giving of the pledge and the instruction described above, which shall be provided by school districts during the time allotted for the patriotic exercise. Chapter 523
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 1274
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, disrticts must ensure that history and government courses include the following content: 1. Commerce in Washington and Washington's place in the global economy; 2. The Washington State Constitution and Washington politics; 3. Washington geography; and 4. Washington history and culture. Teachers are also encouraged to include instruction on the history and meaning of the pledge of allegiance.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/2781.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2781
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Directs local boards of education, charter schools, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina school of science and mathematics to require the display of the united states and North Carolina flags and to require recitation of the pledge of allegiance on a daily basis.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S700v4.html
Title: S.B. 700
Source: http://www.ncleg.net
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Requires a United States flag to be displayed in each classroom of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to provide a daily opportunity for students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Provides an exemption for students who choose (or whose parents choose for them) not to participate in the Pledge. Requires a school corporation to establish a daily moment of silence in each classroom or on school grounds. Repeals a law allowing an optional brief period of silent prayer or meditation. Requires the attorney general to defend a school corporation in a civil suit based on an act authorized under these provisions. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/SE/SE0332.1.html
Title: S.B. 332
Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | 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 decision of Sherman v Community Consolidated School District 21 of Wheeling Township;provides an opportunity for elementary and secondary students to recite the Pledge daily. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/4b69aaeb4cb752f487256d9500661f52?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/0.2F64
Title: H.B. 1002
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | 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/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/92F78D48B9E0622D87256D09006210EF?Open&file=1368_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1368
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Effective 2003-04 school year and thereafter, requires recitation of the pledge of allegiance in all public schools, including charter schools, at least once a week. Allows a local board or charter school board of directors to waive this requirement by annual majority vote, and allows board waiving requirement to adopt district or school policy on recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Allows any student or teacher to opt out. Effective 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires district or charter school that has a student handbook or school policy guide to include a statement that anyone wishing to opt out of recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance for any personal reasons may do so, and that students must respect another person's right to make that choice.
Effective 2003-04 school year and thereafter, unless local board waives requirement of weekly recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, requires districts to provide instruction in the proper etiquette, display, and respect of the United States flag, and in patriotic exercises. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&session_number=0&session_year=2003&number=sf287
Title: S.F. 287
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | 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 school in the district. Also requires local boards to require require students, once during each school day at each school in the
district, to recite the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag and the pledge of allegiance to the state flag. On written request from a student's parent or guardian, a school district must excuse the student from reciting a pledge of allegiance.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00083&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: S.B. 83
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by all public school students. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2388.pdf
Title: H.B. 2388
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | 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 beginning of a school day in each public secondary school in the state. http://bb.utahsenate.org/perl/bb/bb_find.pl
Title: S.B. 105
Source: StateNet
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| PA | Signed into law 12/2002 | P-12 | Requires boards of directors to ensure that schools to display the U.S. flag (private, parochial and public schools). The flag must be displayed in every classroom, and schools must provide for the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or National Anthem. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2001/0/HB0592P4353.HTM
Title: H.B. 592
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Each board of education shall require the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in each classroom in the school system in which a
flag is displayed. Each district is encouraged to have a flag in each classroom and patriotic, fraternal, and other organizations or individuals
are encouraged to donate flags to schools to enable them to have the flag of the United States of America present in each classroom. Each
board is required to determine the appropriate time during the school day for the recitation of the pledge of allegiance. At the time designated for the recitation of the pledge of allegiance, students shall stand and recite the pledge of allegiance while facing the flag with their right hands over their hearts or in an appropriate salute if in uniform; provided, however, no student shall be compelled to recite the pledge of allegiance if the student or the student's parent or legal guardian objects on religious, philosophical or other grounds to the student participating in such exercise. Students who are thus exempt from reciting the pledge of allegiance shall remain quietly standing or sitting at their desks while others recite the pledge of allegiance and shall make no display that disrupts or distracts others who are reciting the pledge of allegiance. Teachers or other school staff who have religious, philosophical, or other grounds for objecting are likewise exempt from leading or participating in the exercise. If a teacher chooses not to lead the pledge, another suitable person shall be designated either by the teacher or principal to
lead the class. Each board of education shall provide appropriate accommodations for students, teachers or other staff who are unable to
comply with the procedures described herein due to disability.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0841.pdf
Title: S.B. 2599
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Requires the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited each school day by pupils in elementary and secondary educational institutions supported or maintained in whole or in part by public funds. (Statute previously required only elementary school pupils to recite the pledge.) http://www.state.il.us/government/getfulltext.cfm?txtBillNum=SB1634
Title: S.B. 1634
Source: www.state.il.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Requires local and regional boards to establish policies addressing bullying in the schools. Policies must include components set out in legislation, including a system enabling students to anonymously report acts of bullying to teachers and school administrators. Also requires each regional and local board of education to develop a policy allowing for time each school day for students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. This, however, does not require any person to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Title: H.B. 5425
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | 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 not required to participate.
Title: S.B. 718
Source: Summaries of Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed Bills 2002
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| MN | Vetoed 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance one or more times each week in all public and charter schools. Requires all public and charter schools to annually devote time to civics education that includes the history and reasons for reciting the pledge. Requires instruction in the proper etiquette toward, correct display of, and respect for the flag, and in patriotic exercises. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/bldbill.pl?bill=H2598.2&session=ls82
Title: H.B. 2598
Source: /www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Establishes the New Hampshire School Patriot Act which requires that school districts authorize a period of time during the school day for the recitation of the pledge of allegiance. Pupil participation in the recitation of the pledge of allegiance shall be voluntary.
Title: H.B. 1446
Source: http://www.state.nh.us/gencourt/gencourt.htm
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Display of United States flag and Pledge of Allegiance; required in all public school classrooms.
Title: S.B. 2321
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2002 | P-12 | Permits the posting or display of the United States flag and giving the pledge of allegiance within public schools in the State.
Title: S.B. 94
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 09/2001 | P-12 | Relates to urging the Boards of Education to incorporate patriotic education as part of the daily Pledge of Allegiance.
Title: H.J.R. 152C
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Relates to schools; designates November 11 as Veterans Day; requires public schools to conduct and observe Veterans Day programs; allows schools to conduct a moment of silence for certain purpose; requires certain instruction in United States flag etiquette and history; authorizes students to recite the pledge of allegiance each school day; requires the posting of notice concerning nonparticipation.
Title: S.B. 128
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | 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 education to prepare program providing for patriotic exercises for public schools. The program of patriotic observation of every school district shall include a daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. It shall also make provision for instructions relating to flag etiquette, use and display; the observance in public schools of Lincoln's birthday, Washington's birthday, Memorial day, and Flag day and such other legal holidays of like character as may be designated by law.
Title: H.B. 2105
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Requires all students to learn the Pledge of Allegiance and to demonstrate such knowledge and requires each school board to call for the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in each classroom of the school division and to ensure that an American flag is in place in each classroom.
Title: S.B. 1331
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2000 | P-12 | Provides that the recitation of a specified portion of the Declaration of Independence would satisfy the requirement of existing law which requires that appropriate patriotic exercises be conducted in every public elementary and secondary school each day .
Title: A.B. 1747
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Provides that the United States flag shall be displayed in every public school classroom; provides that every public school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem at the beginning of each school day; provides that no pupil who objects shall be compelled to participate in reciting the pledge of allegiance or singing the national anthem.
Title: H.B. 655
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AK | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Relates to the pledge of allegiance by public school students.
Title: H.B. 192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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