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FL
Statutes Link ; Title
XLVIII , Chapter 1003 , 1003.44
. (...) (2)Each district
school board may allow any teacher or administrator to read, or to post
in a public school building or classroom or at any school-related event,
any excerpt or portion of the following historic material: the national
motto; the national anthem; the pledge of allegiance; the Constitution
of (...) Florida, including the Preamble; the Constitution of the
United States, including the Preamble; the Bill of Rights; the Declaration
of Independence; the Mayflower Compact; the Emancipation Proclamation;
the writings, speeches, documents, and proclamations of the presidents
of the United States, the signers of the Constitution of the United States
and the Declaration of Independence, and civil rights leaders; and decisions
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of the United States Supreme Court. However,
any material that is read, posted, or taught pursuant to this provision
may be presented only from a historical perspective and in a nonproselytizing
manner. When less than an entire document is used, the excerpt or
portion must include as much material as is reasonably necessary to reflect
the sentiment of the entire document and avoid expressing statements out
of the context in which they were originally made. If the material
refers to laws or judicial decisions that have been superseded, the material
must be accompanied by a statement indicating that such law or decision
is no longer the law of the land. No material shall be selected to
advance a particular religious, political, or sectarian purpose. (...)
History.--s. 137, ch. 2002-387.
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