Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-230

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Sec. 10-230. Flags in schoolrooms and schools. Policy on the reciting of the “Pledge of Allegiance”.

Official statutory text

(b) The chief executive officer of any municipality is authorized to direct the board of education to display at half-staff all flags at all schools and other buildings administered by said board when flags are being displayed at half-staff on other buildings of the municipality.

(c) Each local and regional board of education shall develop a policy to ensure that time is available each school day for students in the schools under its jurisdiction to recite the “Pledge of Allegiance”. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to require any person to recite the “Pledge of Allegiance”.

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