Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB306 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB306
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5	5	By Representatives Mooney, Estes, Harrison, Smith,
6	6	Easterbrook, Stringer, Lipscomb, DuBose, Butler, Yarbrough,
7	7	Whorton, Standridge, Brown, Stadthagen, Lamb, Kirkland,
8	8	Starnes(Constitutional Amendment)
9	9	RFD: Education Policy
10	10	First Read: 18-Feb-25
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18	18	8 9YT2PBM-1 11/14/2024 KMS (L)bm 2024-2962
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20	20	First Read: 18-Feb-25
21	21	SYNOPSIS:
22	22	This bill would propose an amendment to the
23	23	Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to public
24	24	K-12 schools, to require local boards of education to
25	25	adopt policies requiring each K-12 public school to
26	26	broadcast or sanction the performance of the first
27	27	stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once per
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29	29	A BILL
30	30	TO BE ENTITLED
31	31	AN ACT
32	32	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
33	33	of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt
34	34	policies requiring each K-12 public school to broadcast or
35	35	sanction the performance of the first stanza of The
36	36	Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week during school
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38	38	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
39	39	Section 1. The Legislature finds and declares the
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41	41	(1) During the Battle of Baltimore of the War of 1812,
42	42	Francis Scott Key visited the British fleet in the Chesapeake
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72	72	Francis Scott Key visited the British fleet in the Chesapeake
73	73	Bay on September 7, 1814, to secure the release of Dr. William
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76	76	(2) The release of Dr. Beanes was secured, but Key and
77	77	Beanes were held by the British during the shelling of Fort
78	78	McHenry, one of the forts defending Baltimore.
79	79	(3) On the morning of September 14, 1814, after the
80	80	25-hour British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Key peered
81	81	through the clearing smoke to see a 42-foot by 30-foot
82	82	American flag flying proudly atop the Fort.
83	83	(4) He was so inspired to see the enormous flag still
84	84	flying over the Fort that he began penning a song, which he
85	85	named The Defence of Fort McHenry, to commemorate the
86	86	occasion, and he included a note that it should be sung to the
87	87	tune of the popular British melody To Anacreon in Heaven.
88	88	(5) In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that the
89	89	anthem, which had been popularly renamed The Star-Spangled
90	90	Banner, be played at military and naval occasions.
91	91	(6) On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed
92	92	a resolution of Congress that officially designated The
93	93	Star-Spangled Banner as the National Anthem of the United
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95	95	(7) For over 100 years, The Star-Spangled Banner has
96	96	served to inspire generations of patriotic Americans, and it
97	97	is imperative that students have exposure to this history and
98	98	inspiration.
99	99	Section 2. The following amendment to the Constitution
100	100	of Alabama of 2022, is proposed:
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130	130	of Alabama of 2022, is proposed:
131	131	PROPOSED AMENDMENT
132	132	(a) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy
133	133	requiring each public K-12 school under its jurisdiction to
134	134	broadcast The Star-Spangled Banner during school hours, at
135	135	least once per week.
136	136	(b)(1) A local board of education shall select for
137	137	broadcast, pursuant to subsection (a), any recording of the
138	138	first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner that is archived
139	139	within the Library of Congress and available on the Library of
140	140	Congress website.
141	141	(2) A local board of education, alternatively, may
142	142	adopt a policy allowing, during school hours, for the
143	143	performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner
144	144	from original sheet music, archived within the Library of
145	145	Congress and available on its website, by a school-sanctioned
146	146	band program, choral program, vocal group, or vocalist.
147	147	Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment, the
148	148	Code Commissioner shall number and place this amendment as
149	149	appropriate in the constitution omitting this instructional
150	150	paragraph and may make the following nonsubstantive revisions:
151	151	change capitalization, hierarchy, spelling, and punctuation
152	152	for purposes of style and uniformity; correct manifest
153	153	grammatical, clerical, and typographical errors; revise
154	154	internal or external citations and cross-references; harmonize
155	155	language; and translate effective dates.
156	156	Section 3. An election upon the proposed amendment
157	157	shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the
158	158	Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the election laws of this
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188	188	Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the election laws of this
189	189	state. The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot
190	190	number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the
191	191	election ballot and shall set forth the following description
192	192	of the substance or subject matter of the proposed
193	193	constitutional amendment:
194	194	"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
195	195	of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt
196	196	policies requiring each K-12 public school to broadcast or
197	197	sanction the performance of the first stanza of The
198	198	Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week during school
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201	201	This description shall be followed by the following
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204	204	Section 4. The proposed amendment shall become valid as
205	205	a part of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, when approved
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