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Committee backs bill requiring schools to offer voluntary Pledge of Allegiance each morning
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to give House Bill 1222 a favorable recommendation after hearing testimony from the bill sponsor, veterans groups, American Legion leadership and students urging reinstating a voluntary morning pledge in public schools.
House Bill 1222 would require local school boards to adopt a policy giving public school students the opportunity to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each school day. The bill would not compel participation and contains an immunity provision tied to recitation.
Representative Anna Novak, sponsor, told the committee the bill responds to variations across the state in whether schools open with a pledge and that the measure is intended to encourage reverence for the flag and…
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