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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act. (Source: P.A. 92-832, eff. 1-1-03.)
Illinois · statute · 105 ILCS 20 · 3 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act. (Source: P.A. 92-832, eff. 1-1-03.)
In each public school classroom the teacher in charge shall observe a brief period of silence with the participation of all the pupils therein assembled at the opening of every school day. This period shall not be conducted as a religious exercise but shall be an opportunity for silent prayer or for silent reflection o…
Student prayer. For purpose of this Section, "noninstructional time" means time set aside by a school before actual classroom instruction begins or after actual classroom instruction ends. In order that the right of every student to the free exercise of religion is guaranteed within the public schools and that each stu…