Education Code - EDC
TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000 - 65001]
( Title 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000 - 65001]
( Division 4 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) PART 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS [51000 - 53303]
( Part 28 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) CHAPTER 11. Miscellaneous [52700 - 52770]
( Chapter 11 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) ARTICLE 2. Patriotic Exercises and Instruction [52720 - 52730]
( Heading of Article 2 amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 523, Sec. 1. ) 52730.
(a) Providing instruction that promotes understanding the concepts of “pledge,” “allegiance,” “republic,” and “indivisible,” and understanding the importance of the pledge as an expression of patriotism, love of country, and pride in the United States of America shall satisfy the requirement of Section 52720.
(b) When pupils in a public school are instructed with regard to the words of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America as part of the patriotic exercises conducted pursuant to this article, that public school shall provide a combination of the giving of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and the instruction specified in subdivision (a). School districts shall provide this instruction during the time allotted for the patriotic exercise.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 523, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)