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GUNTER ISD to propose policy changes after Senate Bill 11 on prayer and religious text reading
Summary
District leaders told the board they will bring two policy updates next month to formalize staff and student practices for prayer and religious text reading as required by Senate Bill 11; the Presenter said the updates largely document practices already in place.
Presenter alerted trustees that Senate Bill 11 created requirements the district must reflect in written policy and said two updates will appear as action items next month: one staff policy and one student policy that designates times outside the instructional day for religious text reading or prayer.
"Pretty much what we already do," the Presenter said of the staff policy, adding the student policy will similarly prescribe time outside instruction for reading religious texts. The Presenter framed the policies as codifying existing practices rather than instituting new requirements and invited trustees to review the proposed language before action is taken.
