HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 915

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Smith offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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17         Section 1.    Section 233.062, Florida Statues, is

18  amended to read:

19         233.062  Permitting study of the Bible and religion;

20  permitting brief meditation period; display of state seal.--

21         (1)  The school board may install in the public schools

22  in the district a secular program of education including, but

23  not limited to, an objective study of the Bible and of

24  religion.

25         (2)  The school board may provide that a brief period,

26  not to exceed 2 minutes, for the purpose of silent prayer or

27  meditation be set aside at the start of each school day or

28  each school week in the public schools in the district.

29         (3)  The superintendent of schools in each school

30  district shall provide for the display in a prominent location

31  within each school under his or her supervision of the state

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 915

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





  1  seal with minimum dimensions of 14 inches by 14 inches.

  2         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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  7  And the title is amended as follows:

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10         An act relating to public schools; amending s.

11         233.062, F.S.; directing the superintendent of

12         schools to provide for the display of the state

13         seal in a prominent location in public schools;

14         providing an effective date

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