Amendment ASA1-AB582

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2001 ASSEMBLY BILL 582

January 31, 2002 - Offered by Representatives Albers, Musser, Jeskewitz, Freese, Walker, Gunderson, Ainsworth, Urban, Gundrum and Krawczyk.

AB582-ASA1,1,2 An Act to amend 118.06 (2) of the statutes; relating to: the requirement to offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in school.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB582-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 118.06 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB582-ASA1,2,2 118.06 (2) Every public school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in grades one to 12 each school day. Every private school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in grades one to 12 each school day unless the governing body of the private school determines that the requirement conflicts with the school's religious doctrines. If a school offers the national anthem, it shall offer, at a minimum, both the music and the words to the first verse. No pupil may be compelled, against the pupil's objections or those of the pupil's parents or guardian, to recite the pledge or to sing the anthem.

AB582-ASA1,2,3 (End)