PLEDGE Act
Sponsored By: Senator Moody, Ashley [R-FL]
Introduced
Summary
Mandatory patriotic observances in District of Columbia schools would require flag display, standing for the national anthem, and a daily Pledge of Allegiance. The bill sets the required form of recitation and allows parents to opt students out with a written request.
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- Students and families: Students would be expected to recite the Pledge at the start of each school day and stand during the national anthem. Parents must be notified in a student handbook and can submit a written request to excuse their child from recitation.
- Schools and staff: Each classroom would have to display the U.S. flag during school hours. Schools must prevent disruptive conduct while the Pledge or anthem is being recited.
- Students with disabilities: Schools would provide reasonable modifications under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for students who cannot comply because of a disability.
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New patriotic rules for DC schools
If enacted, the bill would require District of Columbia elementary and secondary schools to display the U.S. flag in every classroom during school hours. It would require the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited at the start of each school day, with each student standing and placing the right hand over the heart while saying the specified words. Schools would have to give written notice in handbooks that parents can ask in writing to excuse their child from saying the Pledge, standing, or placing the hand over the heart. When the national anthem is played at a school, students and others present would have to stand at attention. Schools would have to stop conduct that disrupts or distracts during recitation and make reasonable Title II ADA modifications for students who cannot comply because of a disability.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Moody, Ashley [R-FL]
FL • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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