FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1398
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBILLINGTON.
2931H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection171.021,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
flagsinclassrooms.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section171.021,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection171.021,toreadasfollows:
171.021.1.Everyschoolinthisstatewhichissupportedinwholeorinpartbypublic
2moneys,duringthehourswhileschoolisinsession,shalldisplayinsomeprominentplace
3eitherupontheoutsideoftheschoolbuildingoruponapoleerectedintheschoolyardthe
4flagoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
5 2.Everyschoolinthisstatewhichissupportedinwholeorinpartbypublicmoneys
6shallensurethatthePledgeofAllegiancetotheflagoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaisrecited
7inatleastonescheduledclassofeverypupilenrolledinthatschoolnolessoftenthanonce
8perschoolday.Flagsfordisplayinindividualclassroomsmaybeprovidedbyvoluntary
9donationbyanyperson.NostudentshallberequiredtorecitethePledgeofAllegiance.
10 3.(1)Apublicschoolmaydisplayanyorallofthefollowingflagsinsuchpublic
11school'sclassrooms:
12 (a)TheflagoftheUnitedStates;
13 (b)TheofficialflagofthestateofMissouri;
14 (c)ThePOW/MIAflag;or
15 (d)Theflagofthepublicschool.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 16 (2)Exceptfortheflagslistedinsubdivision(1)ofthissubsection,noflagshallbe
17displayedinapublicschool'sclassrooms.
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