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Tomball ISD trustees decline to adopt policy tied to state prayer statute after heated debate
Summary
After an extended discussion about whether a state statute requiring a period for prayer should change local practice, the Tomball ISD board voted 6–1 on Feb. 10 to adopt a resolution that does not implement the statute as district policy.
The Tomball ISD Board of Trustees voted 6–1 on Feb. 10 to adopt a resolution declining to implement a policy tied to Texas Education Code §25.0823 that would create a designated period for prayer and the reading of religious texts.
The vote followed nearly two hours of discussion during which trustees weighed competing views about whether the statute would expand or restrict current student and employee religious expression. One trustee, citing conversations with a policy analyst for the bill’s author and the…
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