Title 17. Education

Chapter 10. Institutions of Learning in General

Part II. Miscellaneous Provisions

Subpart B. Unrelated Matters

17:2119      Celebrate Freedom Week

Each September, in conjunction with Constitution Day and Constitution Week, each public school shall observe Celebrate Freedom Week. As part of this observance, the public school governing authority shall ensure that all students receive age- and grade-appropriate instruction, in a social studies or other appropriate course, on topics related to freedom. Such topics may include but are not limited to instruction related to the nation’s founding and the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights. 

Added by Acts 2022, No. 370, § 1