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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0165 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act. In a provision allowing students in the public schools to voluntarily engage in individually initiated, non-disruptive prayer, provides that such praying may take place at any time during the school day. Effective immediately.
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| | HB0165 | | LRB099 00228 NHT 20232 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 20/5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5. Student prayer. In order that the right of every
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| 8 | | student to the free exercise of religion is guaranteed within |
| 9 | | the public
schools and that each student has the freedom to not |
| 10 | | be subject to
pressure from the State either to engage in or to |
| 11 | | refrain from religious
observation on public school grounds,
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| 12 | | students in the public schools may, at any time during the |
| 13 | | school day, voluntarily engage in individually initiated, |
| 14 | | non-disruptive prayer that,
consistent with the
Free Exercise |
| 15 | | and Establishment Clauses of the United States and Illinois
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| 16 | | Constitutions, is not sponsored, promoted, or endorsed
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| 17 | | manner by the school or any school employee.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 92-832, eff. 1-1-03.)
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law.
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