SB-0637, As Passed Senate, November 10, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 637

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1347 (MCL 380.1347).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1347. (1) The For each public school building it

 

operates, the board of each a school district shall purchase or

 

possess a United States flag of a size of not less than 4 feet 2

 

inches by 8 feet, flag staff, and the necessary appliances

 

therefor, for displaying the flag upon the flag staff; shall erect

 

the flag staff on the public school building or on a conspicuous

 

place upon the school grounds; and shall display the flag upon the

 

flag staff which shall be erected on each public school building or

 


 

Senate Bill No. 637 as amended November 10, 2011

 

on a conspicuous place upon the school grounds at all times during

 

school hours, inclement weather excepted, in which case the flag

 

shall be prominently displayed within the school building.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the board

 

of a school district or intermediate school district or board of

 

directors of a public school academy shall ensure that each pupil

 

in each public school it operates is required to recite the pledge

 

of allegiance to the flag of the United States each school day. In

 

addition to the display of the flag at the school required under

 

subsection (1), the board or board of directors shall ensure that a

 

United States flag is displayed in each classroom or other

 

instructional site in which pupils recite the pledge of allegiance

 

under this subsection.

 

     (3) A pupil shall not be compelled, against the pupil's

 

objections or those of the pupil's parent or legal guardian, to

 

recite the pledge of allegiance.

<<(4) The board of a school district or intermediate school

district or board of directors of a public school academy, and

The school administrator in charge of a school building, shall

ensure that a pupil is not subject to any penalty or bullying at

school as a result of not reciting the pledge of allegiance.>>