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  • 2021-06-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Iowa Pass a Bill Requiring Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in Schools? (en)
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  • A meme circulared in June 2021 advised viewers that the governor of Iowa had signed a bill requiring the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in that state's schools: It was true that on May 20, 2021, Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa signed into law legislative bill House File 847 (HF 847) just after the Iowa Legislature passed it on the last day of the 2021 session. The bill was characterized in news reports as prohibiting school districts, cities, and counties from implementing mask mandates in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. HF 847 contained other provisions, however, including one related to public schools and the Pledge of Allegiance. The bill required public and non-public schools to display the U.S. and Iowa state flags on flagstaff, and it required public schools to administer the pledge of allegiance in grades one through twelve each school day and to display the United States flag during the recitation. The text of the bill allowed that a student shall not be compelled against the student's objections or those of the student's parent or guardian to recite the pledge: The Pledge of Allegiance provisions had been part of a standalone bill proposed by State Rep. Carter Nordman, which the Iowa House had passed in February 2021, but the bill was not taken up by the Iowa Senate until its provisions were added to HF 847: (en)
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