Missouri HB 2857: Enacts provisions governing United States founding documents displayed in public schools

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2857
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COSTLOW.
6385H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 171.021, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
documents to be displayed in certain schools.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 171.021, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 171.021, to read as follows:
171.021. 1. Every school in this state which is supported in whole or in part by public
2 moneys, during the hours while school is in session, shall display in some prominent place
3 either upon the outside of the school building or upon a pole erected in the school yard the
4 flag of the United States of America.
5 2. Every school in this state which is supported in whole or in part by public moneys
6 shall ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America is recited
7 in at least one scheduled class of every pupil enrolled in that school no less often than once
8 per school day. Flags for display in individual classrooms may be provided by voluntary
9 donation by any person. No student shall be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
10 3. (1) A public school shall display all of the following documents in such public
11 school:
12 (a) The Constitution of the United States;
13 (b) The Bill of Rights of the United States; and
14 (c) The Declaration of Independence of the United States.
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

15 (2) Each document listed under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be printed
16 and framed in its original size, format, and verbiage. Each document shall be displayed
17 in a prominent location that is freely accessible to all students in each public school.
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