A bill pre-filed by State Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Montgomery, proposes an amendment to the state constitution requiring schools to lead students in the Pledge of Allegiance or face funding cuts.

The bill would require each local school board other than approve a policy establishing that the pledge of allegiance be conducted at the beginning of each school day. Failure to approve such a policy would result in the State Superintendent of Education withholding 25 percent of that school board’s money. The Legislature could then further reduce the board’s funding for continued violations,

The constitutional amendment would go beyond the pledge; it would require local school boards other than also hold a vote on whether to begin each day with prayer and reading of the Bible “or other religious tex

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