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Superintendent explains SB 11 daily-prayer option to Chapel Hill ISD board; no adoption recorded
Summary
Superintendent Lamond Dean briefed trustees on Senate Bill 11 (Texas Education Code §25.0823), which permits boards to designate a daily period for prayer or reading religious texts. The board heard the statutory requirements but the minutes do not record a vote on adopting the resolution.
Superintendent Lamond Dean presented information on Senate Bill 11 and the addition of Texas Education Code §25.0823, explaining the statute permits school boards to designate time each school day for students and employees to pray and read the Bible or other religious texts. He told trustees the law requires boards to take a recorded vote either to adopt the statutory resolution establishing the daily period or to take no action.
The minutes record the presentation of the statute and the requirement to take a recorded vote under the statute, but they do not record the board adopting such a resolution at this meeting. The transcript notes the item as "Consider Approval of Senate Bill 11 Daily Prayer Time Resolution" on the agenda; no motion or vote is shown in the recorded minutes.
