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Sponsors urge daily offering of Pledge of Allegiance in Ohio schools, protect student rights
Summary
Representatives Richardson and Brennan told the education committee House Bill 117 would require each district to adopt a policy offering daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance while protecting constitutionally guaranteed rights to opt out.
Columbus — Representatives Richardson and Brennan presented House Bill 117, which would require each Ohio school district to create a policy to offer the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to students K‑12 and to conform the pledge wording to U.S. Code, while explicitly protecting constitutional rights to opt out.
Sponsors framed the measure as a civic‑education and patriotism…
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