Promoting American Patriotism In Our Schools Act

Current understanding

Introduced legislation that would condition federal elementary and secondary education funding on public schools displaying the U.S. flag, incorporating flag-related instruction into curricula, and having students and staff recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. Status: introduced; no committee action reported. For students and staff, participation expectations would be codified at the federal funding level; for institutions, receipt of federal K-12 dollars would be tied to compliance with these patriotic-education requirements.

Evidence log

• 2026-07-28 — A bill to establish requirements for patriotic observances in elementary and secondary schools of the District of Columbia.: Companion/parallel proposal: Senate bill S5147 would establish patriotic-observance requirements specifically for DC elementary and secondary schools, using DC’s federal jurisdiction as the mechanism rather than conditioning federal K-12 funding nationwide. (novelty: 2)

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