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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 2/21/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4186
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4186 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act is |
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| amended by changing Sections 0.01 and 1 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 20/0.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 770)
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| Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
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| Student Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-832, eff. 1-1-03.)
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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 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
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| as a religious exercise but shall be an opportunity for silent
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