Download Zipped Introduced WP 9 SB0105.ZIP
[Status][Bill Documents][Fiscal Note][Bills Directory]

S.B. 105

             1     

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN PUBLIC

             2     
SCHOOLS

             3     
2003 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Sponsor: D. Chris Buttars

             6      This act modifies provisions of the State System of Public Education Code relating to the
             7      recitation of the pledge of allegiance in public secondary schools.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      AMENDS:
             10          53A-13-101.6, as enacted by Chapter 155, Laws of Utah 2000
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Section 53A-13-101.6 is amended to read:
             13           53A-13-101.6. Instruction on the flag of the United States of America.
             14          (1) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             15      State Board of Education shall provide by rule for a program of instruction within the public
             16      schools relating to the flag of the United States.
             17          (2) The instruction shall include the history of the flag, etiquette, customs pertaining to
             18      the display and use of the flag, and other patriotic exercises as provided by Sections 36 U.S.C.
             19      170 to 177.
             20          (3) (a) The pledge of allegiance to the flag shall be recited:
             21          (i) at the beginning of the day in each elementary public school in the state[.]; and
             22          [(b) Local school boards are encouraged to provide for the reciting of the pledge of
             23      allegiance to the flag]
             24          (ii) once a week at the beginning of a school day in [their] each public secondary
             25      [schools] school in the state.
             26          [(c)] (b) Each student shall be informed by posting a notice in a conspicuous place that
             27      the student has the right not to participate in reciting the pledge.



             28          [(d)] (c) A student shall be excused from reciting the pledge upon written request from
             29      the student's parent or legal guardian.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-13-03 4:10 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


[Bill Documents][Bills Directory]