Florida HB 371: Patriotic Displays at Public Schools

Bill Text

CS/HB 371 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to patriotic displays at public 2
schools; amending s. 1003.44, F.S.; requiring, subject 3
to legislative appropriation, each district school 4
board to adopt rules to require the display of 5
portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at 6
each public school in the district; requiring the 7
Department of Education to select the portraits and 8
make them available to each school district; providing 9
an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 1003.44, Florida 14
Statutes, is amended to read: 15
1003.44 Patriotic programs; rules.— 16
(4) Each district school board shall adopt rules to 17
require:, in all of the schools of the district and in each 18
building used by the district school board, 19
(a) The display of the state motto, "In God We Trust," 20
designated under s. 15.0301, in a conspicuous place at each 21
public school in the district and in each building used by the 22
district school board. 23
(b) Subject to legislative appropriation, the display of 24
portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in a 25

CS/HB 371 2026

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conspicuous place at each public school in the district. The 26
Department of Education shall select the portraits and make them 27
available to each school district. 28
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 29