NEPN/NSBA Code:  IMDB

UNITED STATES AND STATE OF MAINE FLAG DISPLAYS 

In accordance with Maine state law, the United States and Maine flags are to be displayed from the public school buildings of this school department every school day and on appropriate occasions.  Further, the American flag is to be displayed in every classroom in each public school in the department.

The Superintendent is responsible to furnish each school and facility accordingly and recommending to the School Committee annually the amount of expenditure necessary to provide sufficient flags and flagstaffs. This School Committee shall appropriate the necessary funds.

It shall be the duty of instructors to impress upon the youth by suitable references and observances the significance of the flag, to teach them the cost, the object and principles of our government, the inestimable sacrifices made by the founders of our nation, the important contribution made by all who have served in the armed services of our country since its inception, and to teach them to love, honor and respect the flag of our country that costs so much and is so dear to every true American citizen.

Legal Reference: 20-A MRSA §§ 1055, 4805 

Cross Reference: IMDA - Patriotic Exercises 

Adopted:   November 18, 2002

Reviewed: September 10, 2012

Reviewed: April 4, 2022

Reviewed: January 12, 2026