Bill Text: IA HF415 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Amended


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-Amended.html
House File 415 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 415 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 155) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 16, 2021 ) A BILL FOR An Act requiring school districts and certain accredited 1 nonpublic schools to administer the pledge of allegiance and 2 to display the United States flag in the classroom during 3 the recitation of the pledge of allegiance. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 415 (2) 89 kh/jh/md
H.F. 415 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 administer the pledge of allegiance in grades one through 12 twelve each school day. Every accredited nonpublic school 13 shall administer 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 -1- HF 415 (2) 89 kh/jh/md 1/ 1
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