SB-0120, As Passed Senate, December 11, 2013

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 120

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1168.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 1168. (1) The board of a school district or intermediate

school district or board of directors of a public school academy

shall permit grade-level instruction for pupils to read and study

America's founding documents, including documents that contributed

to the foundation or maintenance of America's representative form

of limited government, the Bill of Rights, our free-market economic

system, and patriotism.

     (2) The board of a school district or intermediate school

district or board of directors of a public school academy, or a

school official or employee of a school district, intermediate

school district, or public school academy, shall not censor or

restrain study or instruction in American history or heritage or

Michigan state history or heritage based on religious references in

original source documents, writings, speeches, proclamations, or

records.