AMERICAN HERITAGE INFO. S.B. 252 (S-2): FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 252 (Substitute S-2 as reported by the Committee of the Whole) Sponsor: Senator Doug Carl
Committee: Education
The bill would amend the School Code to permit the board of a school district or local act school district to allow a pupil, teacher, or school administrator of the school district to read aloud or to post in a school building or classroom or at a school event all or part of the United States national motto and the United States national anthem, as well as any historical document that was not obscene to minors under State law, was not defamatory under State law, and did not so incite pupils as to create a clear and present danger of the commission of unlawful acts on school premises or the violation of lawful school regulations, or to cause school administrators reasonably to believe that there was a clear and present danger of a material and substantial disruption of the school’s orderly operation, based on specific facts such as past experience in the school and events influencing pupil behavior at the time the expression was made and not on undifferentiated fear or apprehension.
The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 254. Senate Bill 254 (S-2) would require a school board to seek to ensure that there was no censorship of the content of any document, as described above, in the U.S. history or heritage curriculum or the instruction in the school district based solely on religious references in the document.
Proposed MCL 380.1166a Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 5-30-95 Fiscal Analyst: J. Carrasco
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.