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Plainview ISD trustees unanimously reject state-directed prayer policy (SB 11)
Summary
At their Feb. 19 meeting, the Plainview ISD Board voted 6–0 to oppose the state-prescribed school prayer policy tied to Texas Education Code §25.0823 (SB 11), approving a concise district resolution to maintain the existing moment-of-silence practice and avoid adopting the statutelanguage that could require parental consent and district-managed religious reading periods.
The Plainview Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously Feb. 19 to oppose a state-prescribed prayer policy tied to SB 11 by approving a short resolution that preserves the district's existing moment-of-silence practice rather than adopting the statute's specific language.
Administration presented two draft resolutions and recommended the shorter version that affirms current practice and avoids creating a district-managed, adult-led period of prayer or the parental-consent recordkeeping language in the longer…
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