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92_HB4117
LRB9214169NTpk
1 AN ACT concerning schools.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Silent Reflection Act is amended by
5 changing Section 0.01 and adding Section 5 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 20/0.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 770)
7 Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8 Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act.
9 (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
10 (105 ILCS 20/5 new)
11 Sec. 5. Student-initiated prayer. In order that the
12 right of every student to the free exercise of religion is
13 guaranteed within the public schools and that each student
14 has the freedom to not be subject to pressure from the State
15 either to engage in or to refrain from religious observation
16 on public school grounds, students in the public schools may
17 voluntarily engage in student-initiated prayer, consistent
18 with the constitutional principles of freedom of religion and
19 separation of church and State.