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Cal. Educ. Code § 52720

Patriotic Exercises and Instruction

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004)

Most recently applied in Newdow v. Rio Linda Union School District (March 2010)

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

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In every public elementary school each day during the school year at the beginning of the first regularly scheduled class or activity period at which the majority of the pupils of the school normally begin the schoolday, there shall be conducted appropriate patriotic exercises. The giving of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America shall satisfy the requirements of this section.

In every public secondary school there shall be conducted daily appropriate patriotic exercises. The giving of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America shall satisfy such requirement. Such patriotic exercises for secondary schools shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations which shall be adopted by the governing board of the district maintaining the secondary school.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.