Alabama HB231: Public K-12 education; Pledge of Allegiance and prayer required each day, constitutional amendment

What the bill says

A bill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB231 INTRODUCED Page 2 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to recite The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag and a prayer consistent with Judeo-Christian values at the commencement of each school day; to provide for the report and investigation of violations…

From the introduced text:

A BILL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB231 INTRODUCED Page 2 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to recite The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag and a prayer consistent with Judeo-Christian values at the commencement of each school day; to provide for the report and investigation of violations; to require the State Superintendent to withhold state funding allocated to certain offending local boards of education; and to authorize the Legislature to further reduce funding upon continued violations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, is proposed: PROPOSED AMENDMENT (a) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy requiring each public K-12 school under its jurisdiction, at the commencement of the first class each school day, to conduct: (1) The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag and give all students the opportunity to voluntarily recite The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag; and (2) A prayer representative of the Judeo-Christian values upon …

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Sponsors

• Ingram, Reed (R, HD-075) · primary sponsor
• Sells, Chris (R, HD-090)