House Bill hb0915c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              CS/HB 915

        By the Council for Lifelong Learning and Representatives
    Hogan and Melvin





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public schools; amending s.

  3         233.062, F.S.; directing the superintendent of

  4         schools to provide for the display of the motto

  5         "IN GOD WE TRUST" in a prominent location in

  6         public schools; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Section 233.062, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         233.062  Permitting study of the Bible and religion;

13  permitting brief meditation period; display of motto.--

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

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

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

17  religion.

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

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

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

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

22         (3)  The superintendent of schools in each school

23  district shall provide for the display in a prominent location

24  within each school under his or her supervision of the motto

25  of the United States of America, "IN GOD WE TRUST," on an

26  appropriately framed background with minimum dimensions of 11

27  inches by 14 inches.

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

29  law.

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