Rep. Melissa Ballard, R-North Salt Lake, is sponsoring a resolution to further promote requirements that Utah public school students have time each day to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and encourage patriotic values.
Public schools in Utah are required to say the pledge once daily to pay respect to those who fight for freedom in America and to teach children to appreciate and learn the values of being an American, Ballard said.
The resolution, which passed in the House on Monday, does not require students to participate in the pledge, but encourages schools to create a better understanding of the ideals of the nation, Ballard said. One day, while discussing the Pledge of Allegiance in his government class, a student asked if the class could recite the pledge, Baker said. The teacher, he said, responded no, saying something along the lines of it taking away from class time.
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