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2005 SESSION
HB 1912 Pledge of Allegiance; guidelines.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Pledge of Allegiance. Requires the Board of Education, in its guidelines for Pledge recitation in the public schools, to include provisions addressing parental notification for minor students who decline to stand or to recite the Pledge. Technical amendments remove reference to "legal guardian," as "parent," pursuant to § 22.1-1, includes guardians and other persons "having control or charge of a child."
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Pledge of Allegiance. Requires the Board of Education, in its guidelines for Pledge recitation in the public schools, to include provisions addressing parental notification or consent for minor students who decline to stand or to recite the Pledge.