Board declines resolution to create daily prayer period under SB 11
The board voted 6-0 to not approve a proposed resolution implementing SB 11's daily prayer-period requirement after administration noted existing policy allows prayer and a required moment of silence, and recommended further policy adjustments only if needed.
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Doctor Gilstrap presented a legal and policy summary of Senate Bill 11 and explained the district's current policies that allow students and staff to pray or read religious texts as long as it does not interfere with instruction; he also noted the district already observes a moment of silence during announcements. "Currently, policy DGA local and FNA legal both provide students and staff the right to pray or read religious text at any point in time as long as it does not interfere with instructional time or campus operations," he said.
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