Bill Text: MS SB2394 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public schools; required to offer a brief period of quiet reflection each morning.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [SB2394 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-SB2394-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Senator(s) Frazier
Senate Bill 2394
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO ENACT POLICIES REQUIRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF QUIET REFLECTION IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-13-8, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-13-8. (1) In each
public school classroom, the local school governing board * * * shall authorize a brief period of
quiet reflection for not more than sixty (60) seconds at the opening of school
upon every school day.
(2) The moment of quiet
reflection * * *
required by subsection (1) of this section is not intended to be and
shall not be conducted as a religious service or exercise but is considered an
opportunity for a moment of silent reflection.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
