Today I found a bill on line that was introduced in the Michigan Senate on January 30th, 2007. The bill would require all schools, public and private, to say the Pledge of Allegience. This is a great bill, and one that I am proud to say I tired to fight for in Howell Public Schools. If this bill does not pass I for one will be ashamed to live in Michigan. We need to teach our kids the values that America was founded on; one of them being patriotism.
SENATE BILL No. 113
January 30, 2007, Introduced by Senators BIRKHOLZ, HARDIMAN, GILBERT, GARCIA and
JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1304.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
SEC. 1304. (1) THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE 1
SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY 2
SHALL ENSURE THAT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 3
UNITED STATES IS OFFERED EACH SCHOOL DAY TO PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS IN 4
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IT OPERATES. 5
(2) THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 6
DISTRICT OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY MAY, AT 7
ITS DISCRETION, PROVIDE THAT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 8
OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, OR BOTH, AS DETERMINED 9
BY THE BOARD OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IS OFFERED AT AFTER-SCHOOL 10
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EVENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC 1
EVENTS, IN AT LEAST GRADES 9 TO 12. 2
(3) A PUPIL SHALL NOT BE COMPELLED, AGAINST THE PUPIL'S 3
OBJECTIONS OR THOSE OF THE PUPIL'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN, TO 4
RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.