Bill Text: IA HF415 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring school districts and certain accredited nonpublic schools to administer the pledge of allegiance and to display the United States flag in the classroom during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance. (Formerly HSB 155, HF 104.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-02-22 - Subcommittee: Johnson, Celsi, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 416. [HF415 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF415-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring school districts and certain accredited nonpublic schools to administer the pledge of allegiance and to display the United States flag in the classroom during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance. (Formerly HSB 155, HF 104.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-02-22 - Subcommittee: Johnson, Celsi, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 416. [HF415 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF415-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
155)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
school
districts
and
certain
accredited
1
nonpublic
schools
to
offer
the
pledge
of
allegiance
and
to
2
display
the
United
States
flag
in
the
classroom
during
the
3
recitation
of
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
280.5,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
280.5
Display
of
United
States
flag
and
Iowa
state
flag
——
3
pledge
of
allegiance
.
4
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
public
school
district
5
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
nonpublic
school
shall
6
provide
and
maintain
a
suitable
flagstaff
on
each
school
site
7
under
its
control,
and
the
United
States
flag
and
the
Iowa
8
state
flag
shall
be
raised
on
all
school
days
when
weather
9
conditions
are
suitable.
10
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
public
school
district
11
shall
offer
the
pledge
of
allegiance
in
grades
one
through
12
twelve
each
school
day.
Every
accredited
nonpublic
school
13
shall
offer
the
pledge
of
allegiance
in
grades
one
through
14
twelve
unless
the
authorities
in
charge
of
the
school
determine
15
that
the
requirement
conflicts
with
the
school’s
religious
16
doctrines.
Each
classroom
in
which
the
pledge
of
allegiance
is
17
recited
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
display
the
United
18
States
flag
during
the
recitation.
A
student
shall
not
be
19
compelled
against
the
student’s
objections
or
those
of
the
20
student’s
parent
or
guardian
to
recite
the
pledge.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
requires
that
school
districts
and
accredited
25
nonpublic
schools
offer
the
pledge
of
allegiance
in
grades
one
26
through
twelve
each
school
day
and
display
the
United
States
27
flag
in
the
classroom
during
the
recitation.
An
accredited
28
nonpublic
school
need
not
comply
if
the
requirement
conflicts
29
with
the
school’s
religious
doctrine.
A
student
shall
not
be
30
compelled
to
recite
the
pledge
against
the
objection
of
the
31
student
or
the
objection
of
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian.
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