SB-0637, As Passed House, September 12, 2012

HOUSE 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

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) 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 to the flag of the United States.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless House Bill No. 4934 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into

law.