IMDA:  PATRIOTIC EXERCISES

Maine law requires display of and instruction about the American flag in the classrooms of our schools.

Individual students may decline to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance.  Students who do not participate must remain quiet and refrain from disruptive or distracting behavior while the Pledge is being recited.

Teachers may not be compelled to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but they are not excused from the duties to initiate and supervise student recitation of the Pledge as assigned by the Principal nor from implementation of curriculum that promotes honor and respect for the flag and our country.

Adopted:             July 5, 1994

Revised:                  November 6, 2012

Legal Reference:    20-A MRSA §§ 1055, 4805

Cross Reference:     IMDB – Flag Displays