House
File
330
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
330
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
recitation
of
the
state
motto
in
school
1
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
280.5,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
280.5
Display
of
United
States
flag
and
Iowa
state
flag
——
3
pledge
of
allegiance
——
state
motto
.
4
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
public
school
district
5
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
nonpublic
school
shall
6
provide
and
maintain
a
suitable
flagstaff
on
each
school
site
7
under
its
control,
and
the
United
States
flag
and
the
Iowa
8
state
flag
shall
be
raised
on
all
school
days
when
weather
9
conditions
are
suitable.
10
2.
a.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
public
school
district
11
shall
administer
the
pledge
of
allegiance
in
grades
one
through
12
twelve
each
school
day.
Each
classroom
in
which
the
pledge
of
13
allegiance
is
recited
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
display
14
the
United
States
flag
during
the
recitation.
A
student
shall
15
not
be
compelled
against
the
student’s
objections
or
those
of
16
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
to
recite
the
pledge.
17
b.
After
administering
the
pledge
of
allegiance,
the
board
18
of
directors
of
each
public
school
district
shall
require
19
students
enrolled
in
grades
one
through
twelve
to
recite
the
20
state
motto
established
under
section
1A.1.
A
student
shall
21
not
be
compelled
against
the
student’s
objections
or
those
of
22
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
to
recite
the
state
motto.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
recitation
of
the
state
motto
in
school
27
districts.
28
Current
law
requires
school
districts
to
administer
the
29
pledge
of
allegiance
in
grades
1
through
12
each
school
30
day.
The
bill
provides
that,
after
administering
the
pledge
31
of
allegiance,
students
enrolled
in
grades
1
through
12
in
32
school
districts
are
required
to
recite
the
state
motto,
33
“our
liberties
we
prize,
and
our
rights
we
will
maintain”.
34
Additionally,
the
bill
provides
that
a
student
shall
not
be
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compelled
against
the
student’s
objections
or
those
of
the
1
student’s
parent
or
guardian
to
recite
the
state
motto.
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