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Board declines to adopt a resolution addressing Senate Bill 11
Summary
The board voted to accept administration's recommendation not to approve a proposed resolution regarding Senate Bill 11; discussion referenced district policies that protect limited prayer and reading rights and noted a daily moment of silence.
The Springtown ISD Board of Trustees considered a proposed resolution related to Senate Bill 11 and accepted the administrations recommendation to not approve the resolution.
Trustee Cody Bryant moved to accept the administrations recommendation and Trustee Damon Liles seconded the motion. The motion passed with six trustees voting yea and one absent.
During discussion board members and staff referenced district policies (DGA (LOCAL) and FNA (LOCAL)) that provide students and staff the right to pray and to read text so long as it does not interfere with instructional time or campus operations; the district also maintains a daily moment of silence in morning announcements. The meeting record noted that the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has a following at Springtown High School and Springtown Middle School.
No formal resolution was adopted; the board took no further action on the matter after accepting the administrations recommendation.
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