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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 771)
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| Sec. 1. In each public school classroom the teacher in |
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| charge shall
may observe a
brief period of silence with the |
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| participation of all the pupils therein
assembled at the |
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| opening of every school day. This period shall not be
conducted |
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| as a religious exercise but shall be an opportunity for silent
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| prayer or for silent reflection on the anticipated activities |
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| of the day.
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| (Source: P.A. 76-21.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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