SENATE BILL 700

RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT directing local boards of education, charter schools, the North Carolina School of the arts, and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics to require the display of the United States and North Carolina flags and to require that RECITATION OF the pledge of allegiance is scheduled on a daily basis.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 5. G.S. 116‑235 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(i) The Display of the United States and North Carolina Flags and the Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. – The Board of Trustees shall adopt policies to require (i) the display of the United States and North Carolina flags in each classroom when available, (ii) the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on a daily basis, and (iii) the instruction on the meaning and historical origins of the flag and the Pledge of Allegiance. These policies shall not compel any person to stand, salute the flag, or recite the Pledge of Allegiance. If flags are donated or are otherwise available, flags shall be displayed in each classroom."