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Senate advances bill requiring weekly Pledge of Allegiance instruction in schools, with opt-out
Summary
Senate Bill 105 would require secondary schools to provide instruction on the flag and to have the Pledge of Allegiance recited once per week; it includes explicit opt-out language and passed the Senate after floor debate about local control and religious exemptions.
The Utah Senate advanced Senate Bill 105 on Jan. 28, 2003, sending the measure to the third reading calendar after substantive floor debate. The bill requires public secondary schools to provide instruction about the history and customs of the flag and to recite the Pledge of Allegiance once a week at the start of the school day, while explicitly protecting students who choose not to participate.
Sponsor Senator Butters described the bill as fourfold, including a program of instruction about the flag…
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