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Spearman ISD trustees decline to adopt SB11 prayer/reading policy
Summary
On Sept. 8 the Spearman ISD Board unanimously accepted the superintendentrecommendation not to adopt a policy implementing SB11's "period of prayer and reading of religious text". The motion passed 7-0.
The Spearman Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Sept. 8 to accept the superintendent's recommendation not to adopt a local policy regarding SB11, which the agenda described as "relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text."
Trustee Anne Marie Pearson moved to accept the superintendent's recommendation; Trustee Jay Tracy seconded. The motion carried 7-0. The board record shows this was a formal decision to leave district policy unchanged in response to the cited state legislation.
