PRINTER'S NO. 749
No. 676 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY KIRKLAND, LaGROTTA, ARMSTRONG, FLEAGLE, GEIST,
GODSHALL, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, MELIO, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS,
READSHAW, ROBINSON, SATHER, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STERN, THOMAS,
TIGUE, VEON, CIVERA, DeLUCA, HORSEY, McILHATTAN, STABACK,
WASHINGTON, CORRIGAN, GRUCELA, HUTCHINSON, ROBERTS,
E. Z. TAYLOR AND GABIG, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
AN ACT
1 Requiring the Department of Education to request all school
2 districts to begin each school day with prayer or a short
3 period of meditation.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Daily opening exercises in public schools.
7 The Secretary of Education shall request that school
8 districts begin each school day with prayer or readings from
9 spiritual documents such as the Bible, the Torah and the Koran
10 or a short period of meditation. School districts may invite
11 community religious leaders to assist in daily opening
12 exercises.
13 Section 2. Effective date.
14 This act shall take effect immediately.
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