The Rutherford County Board of Education will start meetings with prayer instead of moments of silence, the majority recently decided.

"Without this bill, students can pray before school. They can pray ... time for Texas to pass SB 10 to bring back the historical tradition of recognizing our national heritage and to help ...

Dan Patrick said in a statement the bill would “ensure our students receive ... and stressing that students already have the freedom to pray before or after school, at recess and during lunch.

Walters said in reference to Engel v. Vitale, the 1962 Supreme Court decision that threw out school prayer as ...