Houston ISD and several other area districts have voted against adopting designated prayer sessions, which are optional for students and staff under Senate Bill 11, while Magnolia ISD has approved them. All Texas districts face a March 1 deadline to make a decision about whether or not to implement them.
Galveston ISD on Wednesday became the latest local school district to reject school prayer periods, which are permitted by a new Texas law.
Board members for Houston ISD, the largest district in Texas, also have voted against carving out prayer periods and Bible-reading sessions. So have several other Houston-area school districts, including Alief ISD, Conroe ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Humble ISD, Katy ISD and Spring ISD, according to Houston Chronicle reporting.
Leaders of at least one Houston-area district, Magnolia ISD, have voted to adopt designated prayer periods, which are voluntary for students and staff under Senate Bill 11. The law requires all public school boards and charter school governing bodies in Texas to make a decision by March 1 about whether or not to implement the prayer sessions…