NATIONAL AND STATE MOTTOS IN SCHOOLS ACT.

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2017-2018 Session
House Bill 965 (Public) Filed Thursday, May 17, 2018
AN ACT TO REQUIRE DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO AND THE STATE MOTTO IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Intro. by Bert Jones, Johnson, Arp, Shepard.
Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Jun 7 2018)

Bill History:

H 965

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 965 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jun 7 2018 - View Summary

    House amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

    Amends GS 115C-47, GS 115C-218.80, GS 116-69.1, and GS 116-235 to require that the display include the State motto in Latin as well as the English translation.

    Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Government, Budget/Appropriations, State Agencies, UNC System, Department of Public Instruction
    APPROP, GS 115C, GS 116
  • Bill H 965 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jun 5 2018 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Amends the proposed changes to GS 115C-47(29a) and GS 115C-218.80, requiring the display of the national and state mottos in at least one prominent location of each public and charter school in the state. Specifies that the English translation of the state motto is to be displayed, and specifies that the display of each motto must also designate the motto as the national or state motto. Adds to the existing requirement for public and charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction on the meaning and historical origins of the flag and Pledge of Allegiance to now require the provision of age-appropriate instruction on the meaning and historical origins of the US and state flags, mottos, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Makes conforming, organizational, and technical changes to the statutes. Additionally, deletes the proposed conforming changes to GS 115C-47(29c).

    Amends GS 116-69.1 and GS 116-325 to make identical changes as those made to GS 115C-47 and GS 115C-218.80 by the act to require the North Carolina School of the Arts and the North Carolina School of Science and Math to display the national and state mottos in at least one prominent location of each school, and require each school to provide age-appropriate instruction on the meaning and historical origins of the US and state flags, mottos, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Makes conforming, organizational and technical changes to the statutes. 

    Decreases the appropriation to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2018-19 fiscal year to implement the act from $100,000 to $25,000.

    Adds that the act applies beginning December 1, 2018 (was, beginning with the 2018-19 school year).

    Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Government, Budget/Appropriations, State Agencies, UNC System, Department of Public Instruction
    APPROP, GS 115C, GS 116
  • Bill H 965 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: May 17 2018 - View Summary

    Amends GS 115C-47(29a) (requiring the display of National and State flags and recitation of the pledge of allegiance) to require the display of the national motto, "In God We Trust," and the State motto, "To Be Rather Than to Seem," in at least one prominent location of each public school, such as an entry way, cafeteria, or other common area. 

    Amends 115C-218.80 to likewise require charter schools to display the national and state mottos in a prominent location. 

    Appropriates $100,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction to implement the requirements of this act, including funds to purchase supplies for students to create displays or to purchase mounted plaques.

    Makes additional clarifying changes.  

    This act becomes effective July 1, 2018, and applies beginning with the 2018-19 school year.  

    Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Government, Budget/Appropriations, State Agencies, Department of Public Instruction
    APPROP, GS 115C
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