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Keller ISD board adopts resolution to require daily period for prayer and scripture reading under new state law
Summary
By a 4-3 vote the board adopted a resolution to implement a daily, voluntary period for prayer and reading of religious texts at each campus, triggering a process to draft a district policy that must meet state statute conditions.
The Keller ISD Board of Trustees voted 4-3 on Sept. 24 to adopt a resolution directing the district to implement a daily, voluntary period during the school day for students and staff to pray or read religious texts, as authorized under recent state legislation.
Superintendent Corey Wilson told trustees the action arises from changes to state law and cited Texas Education Code 25.083 and related Senate Bill 11 as the statutory basis requiring a recorded board vote and specifying conditions for implementation. Under…
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