An Act,
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt
policies requiring each public K-12 school to conduct The
Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag each day; to
authorize local boards of education to adopt policies allowing
student-initiated and student-led prayer to be conducted in
public K-12 schools; and to provide for the report and
investigation of violations.

Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution
of Alabama of 2022, is proposed:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
(a) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy
requiring each public K-12 school under its jurisdiction, at
the beginning of each school day, to conduct The Pledge of
Allegiance to the United States flag and give all students the
opportunity to voluntarily recite The Pledge of Allegiance to
the United States flag.
(b) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy
requiring each public K-12 school under its jurisdiction to
allow a prayer to be conducted, provided that:
(1) The prayer must be initiated by and led by a
student; and
(2) No student may be required to participate in a
prayer.
(c) Any policy adopted by a local board of education
pursuant to this section shall ensure that students have the
right to opt out of participation in the Pledge of Allegiance
or the prayer based on their own beliefs.
(d) Violations of this section may be reported to the
local superintendent of education. The local superintendent of
education shall review the violation.
Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment, the
Code Commissioner shall number and place this amendment as
appropriate in the constitution omitting this instructional
paragraph and may make the following nonsubstantive revisions:
change capitalization, hierarchy, spelling, and punctuation
for purposes of style and uniformity; correct manifest
grammatical, clerical, and typographical errors; revise
internal or external citations and cross-references; harmonize
language; and translate effective dates.
END OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the election laws of this
state. The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot
number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the
election ballot and shall set forth the following description
of the substance or subject matter of the proposed
constitutional amendment:
"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt
policies requiring each public K-12 school to recite The
Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag at the
beginning of each school day; and to require local boards of education to adopt a policy authorizing student-initiated and
student-led prayer.
Proposed by Act ____."
This description shall be followed by the following
language:
"Yes( ) No( )."
Section 3. The proposed amendment shall become valid as
a part of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, when approved
by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon.