Bill Text: WV SB495 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring graduating high school seniors to pledge oath to Constitution
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-27 - To Education [SB495 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-SB495-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2022 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 495
By Senator Azinger
[Introduced January 27, 2022;
referred
to the Committee on Education]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-6d, relating to requiring that all graduating seniors in West Virginia pledge an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America as a condition of graduation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. state board of education.
§18-2-6d. Oath to uphold United States Constitution upon graduation.
Upon graduation from high school, all seniors shall pledge an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America as a condition of graduation. The oath shall read as follows:
"I, _____, as a graduating senior of _______ High School, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. So help me God."
The oath shall be given on the day of graduation. If a student is unable to attend the graduation date, either by decision or involuntarily, the student shall take the pledge on a date five days preceding or five days following the graduation date in order to satisfy this condition of graduation.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require graduating high school seniors to pledge an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
