Administration recommends declining required Senate Bill 11 prayer resolution

Feb 4, 2026

Under Senate Bill 11, each district must record a vote within six months to adopt or decline a resolution designating time for daily prayer or reading religious texts; administration recommended the board decline to adopt and instead continue to allow student-led, voluntary expression during existing reading times.

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Speaker 3 briefed the board on a state requirement from Senate Bill 11: within six months of its effective date each school board must record a vote either adopting a resolution that designates time each school day for students and employees to pray or read religious texts or declining to adopt that resolution.

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