Section 115C-218.80 - Display of the United States and North Carolina flags and the recitation of the Pledge of AllegianceA charter school shall (i) display the United States and North Carolina flags in each classroom when available, (ii) require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on a daily basis, and (iii) provide age-appropriate instruction on the meaning and historical origins of the flag and the Pledge of Allegiance. A charter school shall not compel any person to stand, salute the flag, or recite the Pledge of Allegiance. If flags are donated or are otherwise available, flags shall be displayed in each classroom.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-218.80
Amended by 2014 N.C. Sess. Laws 101,s. 7, eff. 8/6/2014.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 360,s. 9.7-q, eff. 6/30/2018 (s. 9.7-q was repealed by 2017 N.C. Sess. Laws 157, s. 2-n).Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 360,s. 8.43-a, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 359,s. 1, eff. 7/26/2013.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 355,s. 1-f, eff. 7/25/2013.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 307,s. 1.1, eff. 7/18/2013.Amended by 2012 N.C. Sess. Laws 142, s. 7A.11.(b), eff. 7/2/2012 and applicable beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, as added by 2012 N.C. Sess. Laws 145,s. 2.5, eff. 7/1/2012.Amended by 2012 N.C. Sess. Laws 142,s. 7A.1-f,s. 7A.3-c, eff. 7/2/2012.Amended by 2012 N.C. Sess. Laws 179,s. 1-c, eff. 7/12/2012.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 282,s. 9, eff. 6/23/2011.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 164,s. 4, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145,s. 7.29-b, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by 2010 N.C. Sess. Laws 10,s. 2.(a), eff. 6/23/2010.Amended by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 563,s. 2, eff. 8/28/2009.Amended by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 239,s. 1, eff. 6/30/2009.Amended by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 345,s. 12, eff. 7/1/2008.Amended by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 323,s. 28.22A.(o), eff. 7/1/2008.Amended by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 126,s. 2, eff. 6/27/2007, and applicable beginning with the 2008-2009 school year.Amended by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 59,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2007.Amended by 2006 N.C. Sess. Laws 137,s. 2, eff. 7/19/2006.Amended by 2006 N.C. Sess. Laws 69,s. 3.(e), eff. 7/10/2006.Amended by 2004 N.C. Sess. Laws 0203, s. 45.(b), eff. 8/17/2004.Amended by 2004 N.C. Sess. Laws 0118, s. 3, eff. 7/1/2004.Amended by 2001-462, s. 1, eff. 11/16/2001.1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 731, s. 2; 1997-430, s. 5; 1997-443, s. 8.19; 1997-456, s. 55.4; 1998-212, s. 9.14A(a); 1999-243, s. 8. See 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 93, s. 2-a, for applicability of (d)(1). See 2010 N.C. Sess. Laws 10, s. 2.(b).