Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 3/11/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2328

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2328 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 27-3 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/27-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-3)
7     Sec. 27-3. Patriotism and and principles of representative
8 government - Proper use of flag - Method of voting - Pledge of
9 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 flag,
14 shall be taught in all public schools and other educational
15 institutions supported or maintained in whole or in part by
16 public funds. No student shall receive a certificate of

 

 

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1 graduation without passing a satisfactory examination upon
2 such subjects.
3     Instruction shall be given in all such schools and
4 institutions in the method of voting at elections by means of
5 the Australian Ballot system and the method of the counting of
6 votes for candidates.
7     The Pledge of Allegiance shall be recited each school day
8 by pupils in elementary and secondary educational institutions
9 supported or maintained in whole or in part by public funds.
10 (Source: P.A. 92-612, eff. 7-3-02.)".