The House Committee on Education considered two bills which should probably be rolled together. Senate Bill 0332 Requires a United States flag to be displayed in each classroom of a school corporation and requires a school corporation to provide a daily opportunity for students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Provides an exemption for students who choose (or whose parents choose for them) not to participate in the Pledge. SB 285 defines “bullying”, and requires a school corporation to adopt rules to prohibit bullying.
I say the two bills are related because you know what’s going to happen to a kid who tells the class he won’t say the pledge because his mommy told him not to. I figure the legislature has enough to do without trying to micromanage our schools. They ought to worry less about this trivia and more about ways in which the state can afford to give the schools enough money to afford top-flight math and science teachers (perhaps with some of the money earmarked for buying flags and defending against First Amendment flag and pledge lawsuits.)
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