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92_HB3628

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Section 27-3 and adding Section 27-3.5 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/27-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-3)
 7        Sec. 27-3.  Patriotism and  Principles of  representative
 8    government;  - Proper use of flag - method of voting - Pledge
 9    of Allegiance.  American patriotism  and  The  principles  of
10    representative  government,  as  enunciated  in  the American
11    Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of  the  United
12    States  of  America,  and  the  Constitution  of the State of
13    Illinois, and the proper use  and  display  of  the  American
14    flag,  shall  be  taught  in  all  public  schools  and other
15    educational institutions supported or maintained in whole  or
16    in   part  by  public  funds.  No  student  shall  receive  a
17    certificate of  graduation  without  passing  a  satisfactory
18    examination upon this subject such subjects.
19        Instruction  shall  be  given  in  all  such  schools and
20    institutions in the method of voting at elections by means of
21    the Australian Ballot system and the method of  the  counting
22    of votes for candidates.
23        The Pledge of Allegiance shall be recited each school day
24    by pupils in elementary educational institutions supported or
25    maintained in whole or in part by public funds.
26    (Source: P.A. 81-959.)

27        (105 ILCS 5/27-3.5 new)
28        Sec. 27-3.5.  Patriotism; flag; Pledge of Allegiance.
29        (a)  American  patriotism  and the proper use and display
30    of, proper etiquette for, and proper ways of rendering  honor
 
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 1    to  the  United  States  national flag shall be taught in all
 2    public schools and other educational  institutions  supported
 3    or maintained in whole or in part by public funds.  The State
 4    Board  of  Education  shall devise or approve the curriculum.
 5    No student shall receive a certificate of graduation  without
 6    passing a satisfactory examination upon these subjects.
 7        (b)  The  Pledge  of  Allegiance  shall  be  recited each
 8    school day by pupils in elementary  educational  institutions
 9    supported or maintained in whole or in part by public funds.

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