HB170 Alabama 2011 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Magna Carta, Ten Commandments, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, display of in public school buildings required, Education Department to promulgate rules and regulations, Historic Documents Act

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Existing law does not provide for the display of important historical documents in the public schools of the state</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would create the "Historic Documents Act." This bill would provide extensively for legislative intent and purpose</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require the display of the Magna Carta, the Ten Commandments, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights in an appropriate place in each public school building in the state, in a manner that complies with constitutional requirements, would permit the same display in each public school classroom, and would require the State Department of Education to promulgate necessary rules and regulations</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for the mounting or framing requirements of the reproduction documents</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to public schools; to create the "Historic Documents Act"; to provide for legislative intent and purpose; to require the display of the Magna Carta, the Ten Commandments, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights in an appropriate place in each public school building in a manner that complies with constitutional requirements; and to require the State Department of Education to promulgate necessary rules. </p>

Subjects

Education