Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB87 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB87
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5	5	By Senator Allen
6	6	RFD: Education Policy
7	7	First Read: 13-Feb-24
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14	14	First Read: 13-Feb-24
15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill would propose an amendment to the
17	17	Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to public
18	18	K-12 schools, to require local boards of education to
19	19	adopt policies requiring each K-12 public school to
20	20	broadcast or sanction the performance of the first
21	21	stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once per
22	22	week during school hours.
23	23	A BILL
24	24	TO BE ENTITLED
25	25	AN ACT
26	26	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
27	27	of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt
28	28	policies requiring each K-12 public school to broadcast or
29	29	sanction the performance of The Star-Spangled Banner at least
30	30	once per week during school hours.
31	31	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
32	32	Section 1. The Legislature finds and declares the
33	33	following:
34	34	(1) During the Battle of Baltimore of the War of 1812,
35	35	Francis Scott Key visited the British fleet in the Chesapeake
36	36	Bay on September 7, 1814, to secure the release of Dr. William
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66	66	Bay on September 7, 1814, to secure the release of Dr. William
67	67	Beanes, who had been captured after the British burned
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69	69	(2) The release of Dr. Beanes was secured, but Key and
70	70	Beanes were held by the British during the shelling of Fort
71	71	McHenry, one of the forts defending Baltimore.
72	72	(3) On the morning of September 14, 1814, after the
73	73	25-hour British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Key peered
74	74	through the clearing smoke to see a 42-foot by 30-foot
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76	76	(4) He was so inspired to see the enormous flag still
77	77	flying over the Fort that he began penning a song, which he
78	78	named The Defence of Fort McHenry, to commemorate the
79	79	occasion, and he included a note that it should be sung to the
80	80	tune of the popular British melody To Anacreon in Heaven.
81	81	(5) In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that the
82	82	anthem, which had been popularly renamed The Star-Spangled
83	83	Banner, be played at military and naval occasions.
84	84	(6) On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a
85	85	resolution of Congress that officially designated The
86	86	Star-Spangled Banner as the National Anthem of the United
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88	88	(7) For over 100 years, The Star-Spangled Banner has
89	89	served to inspire generations of patriotic Americans, and it
90	90	is imperative that students have exposure to this history and
91	91	inspiration.
92	92	Section 2. The following amendment to the Constitution
93	93	of Alabama of 2022, is proposed and shall become valid as a
94	94	part of the Constitution when approved by a majority of the
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124	124	part of the Constitution when approved by a majority of the
125	125	qualified electors voting thereon and in accordance with
126	126	Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama of
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128	128	PROPOSED AMENDMENT
129	129	(a) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy
130	130	requiring each public K-12 school under its jurisdiction to
131	131	broadcast The Star-Spangled Banner during school hours, at
132	132	least once per week. If not played or broadcast in a given
133	133	week from Monday through Thursday, the Star-Spangled Banner
134	134	shall be played or broadcast on Friday morning.
135	135	(b)(1) A local board of education shall select for
136	136	broadcast, pursuant to subsection (a), any recording of the
137	137	first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner that is archived
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139	139	Congress website.
140	140	(2) A local board of education, alternatively, may
141	141	adopt a policy allowing, during school hours, for the
142	142	performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner
143	143	from original sheet music, archived within the Library of
144	144	Congress and available on its website, by a school-sanctioned
145	145	band program, choral program, vocal group, or vocalist.
146	146	Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment, the
147	147	Code Commissioner shall number and place this amendment as
148	148	appropriate in the constitution omitting this instructional
149	149	paragraph and may make the following nonsubstantive revisions:
150	150	change capitalization, spelling, and punctuation for purposes
151	151	of style and uniformity; correct manifest grammatical,
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180	180	of style and uniformity; correct manifest grammatical,
181	181	clerical, and typographical errors; and correct incorrect
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183	183	Section 3. An election upon the proposed amendment
184	184	shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the
185	185	Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the election laws of this
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187	187	Section 4. The appropriate election official shall
188	188	assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional
189	189	amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the
190	190	following description of the substance or subject matter of
191	191	the proposed constitutional amendment:
192	192	"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
193	193	of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt
194	194	policies requiring each K-12 public school to broadcast or
195	195	sanction the performance of the first stanza of The
196	196	Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week during school
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198	198	Proposed by Act ____. "
199	199	This description shall be followed by the following
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