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VAN ISD board denies resolution on Senate Bill 11 prayer-and-reading provision
Summary
At its Jan. 29 meeting the VAN ISD Board of Trustees voted to deny a resolution regarding Senate Bill 11 — titled 'Period of Prayer and Reading of the Bible or Other Religious Text' — after Superintendent Don Dunn introduced the item; the motion passed unanimously as recorded.
The VAN ISD Board of Trustees voted Jan. 29 to deny a resolution regarding "Senate Bill 11 – Period of Prayer and Reading of the Bible or Other Religious Text," an item Superintendent Don Dunn had placed on the agenda for consideration. The motion to deny was made by Trustee Campbell and seconded by Trustee Anderson; the minutes record the vote as Ayes: Anderson, Campbell, Goode, Hightower, Horton, S. Johnson; Nays: None.
Board members treated the resolution as an informational/decision item introduced in the superintendent's report. The board recorded the denial under action No. 11705 and proceeded to take up other policy and business items on the consent portion of the agenda. The minutes show no separate amendment or recorded dissent on the motion.
