Text of ID H 10 (2025)
Adds to existing law to allow public schools to display only certain flags and banners on school property and to prohibit schools from displaying certain flags and banners.
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LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sixty-eighth Legislature
First Regular Session - 2025
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 10
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
AN ACT
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RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING CHAPTER 1, TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE, BY THE
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ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-143, IDAHO CODE, TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONS
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REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO DISPLAY ONLY CERTAIN FLAGS AND BANNERS ON
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SCHOOL PROPERTY AND PROHIBITING THE DISPLAY OF CERTAIN FLAGS AND BAN-
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NERS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN
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EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
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SECTION 1.
That Chapter 1, Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
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hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
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ignated as Section 33-143, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
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33-143.
DISPLAY OF FLAGS AND BANNERS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY. (1) No
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public elementary school or public secondary school in the state of Idaho
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shall display any flag or banner on such school's property other than the
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following flags and banners:
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(a) The United States flag;
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(b)
The official flag of the state of Idaho, or any county, municipal-
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ity, public university or community college, school district, special
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district, or any other political subdivision or governmental instru-
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mentality of or within the state;
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(c) Official flags of any state in the United States;
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(d) Official flags of recognized foreign nations;
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(e) Official school flags;
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(f)
Official flags of any of the military branches and units of the
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United States;
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(g) Official flags of Indian tribes;
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(h)
Flags or banners recognized by the Idaho department of education
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that are awarded for achievements; or
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(i) Flags or banners representing official school mascots and colors.
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(2) No flags or banners shall be displayed by a public elementary school
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or public secondary school that represent a political viewpoint, including
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but not limited to flags or banners regarding a political party, race, sexual
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orientation, gender, or a political ideology.
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SECTION 2.
An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after
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July 1, 2025.
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