Bill would allow students to wear U.S. flag
Published: Wed, Sep. 26, 2007 05:09PM
Modified Wed, Sep. 26, 2007 05:22PM
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closeU.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones has introduced a proposal to withhold federal education funds from schools that prohibit the display or wearing of American flags, his office announced today.
Jones, a Farmville Republican, introduced the bill this week after a tiff over a Sampson County high school policy earlier this month.
Hobbton High School had adopted a blanket no-flag policy after what the district called gang-related fights broke out over students wearing foreign flags.
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The district lifted the ban amid the complaints of parents and community members after students wearing American flags were disciplined.
The bill specifies that the flag must be displayed or worn in a "respectful manner," and that students' right to wear the U.S. flag must be "at least equal in quality and scope to the right of a student to display or wear any other" flag.
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