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Alabama Require Star-Spangled Banner Broadcast or Performance in Public Schools Amendment (2026)
| Alabama Require Star-Spangled Banner Broadcast or Performance in Public Schools Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 3, 2026 | |
| Topic Public education governance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Alabama Require Star-Spangled Banner Broadcast or Performance in Public Schools Amendment is not on the ballot in Alabama as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.
The ballot measure would have required local boards of education to adopt policies requiring public K-12 schools to broadcast or perform the first stanza of the Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each K-12 public school to broadcast or sanction the performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week during school hours.[2] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
Amending the Alabama Constitution
- See also: Amending the Alabama Constitution
A 60% vote is required from both chambers of the Alabama State Legislature during one legislative session to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 63 votes in the Alabama House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Alabama State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Senate Bill 13 (2025)
The following is the timeline of the constitutional amendment in the state legislature:[1]
- February 4, 2025: The amendment was read and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy.
- April 17, 2025: The Senate passed the amendment in a vote of 25-6 with three members voting 'pass'.
- May 14, 2025: The Alabama Legislature adjourned its 2025 session without passing the amendment.
| Votes Required to Pass: 21 | |||
| Yes | No | NV | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 25 | 6 | 3 |
| Total % | 73.5% | 17.6% | 8.8% |
| Democratic (D) | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Republican (R) | 25 | 0 | 1 |
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alabama State Legislature, "Senate Bill 13," accessed April 22, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
