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House education committee advances bill limiting classroom flags to U.S., state and certain official banners
Summary
The Idaho House Committee on Education voted to introduce RS31963, a bill that would require U.S. and state flags as primary classroom displays and bar political, ideological and religious flags except specified state or national flags not shown during declared hostilities.
The Idaho House Committee on Education on Jan. 23 voted to introduce RS31963, a bill from Rep. Ted Hill that would limit flags displayed in public school classrooms to the American flag, certain state flags and other official national flags unless a nation is in active hostilities with the United States.
Representative Ted Hill, R-District 14, told the committee the bill “closes the gap” from an earlier version and makes the American flag the primary display. “We will have the safe flag and the American flag is the primary and all other political, ideological and religious flags will not be allowed,” Hill said. He added the…
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