Daily prayer period approved by Houston-area school board after new Texas law enacted

""It's going to require the consent of students; a lot of forms being filled out," Chandler said. "There can't be anyone in earshot that objects to the prayer, and I'm just wondering, how does that work where you have employees of diverse religious backgrounds, students of diverse religious backgrounds? You may have people who want to learn the Quran.""

""It's a new bill that's designed to take advantage of some Supreme Court rulings that are loosening up restrictions on the Establishment Clause. But what I see from the bill is that in the effort to make it constitutional, they may have made it pretty impractical for most schools to actually imple"

Texas Senate Bill 11 allows local school districts to decide whether to adopt a voluntary prayer period outside instructional time. A deadline requires districts to decide whether to allow the prayer period. More than a dozen districts in the greater Houston area have voted against adopting the policy. Magnolia Independent School District voted unanimously on Feb. 9 to adopt the prayer period, citing core community values and traditions. The district already maintains a daily minute of meditation when students and staff may pray. A University of Houston law professor warned the law imposes consent, accommodation, and logistical requirements that may be impractical to implement.

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