HB 638 - Authorizes Prayer in Schools - Mississippi Key Vote
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Jeffrey Guice voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Referred to Committee
- March 20, 2012
- House Bill Passed
- March 14, 2012
- Introduced
- Feb. 17, 2012
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Title: Authorizes Prayer in Schools
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes students to voluntarily express a religious viewpoint in school, effective July 1, 2012.
Highlights:
- Authorizes students to express their religious viewpoints in homework or class work (Sec. 4).
- Requires school boards to adopt a policy that establishes a limited public forum for student speakers at all school events in which the students may express their religious viewpoints (Sec. 3).
- Requires the school district to publish a disclaimer stating that the viewpoint of the student does not reflect the viewpoint of the school district at all events where a student speaks publicly (Sec. 3).
- Requires that religious student groups be given the same rights and privileges as nonreligious student groups (Sec. 5).
- Authorizes teachers to permit the voluntary participation by students or others in prayer (Sec. 10).
Title: Authorizes Prayer in Schools
- Nick R. Bain (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard B. Bennett (MS - R)
- Randy P. Boyd (MS - R)
- Chris Brown (MS - R)
- Charles Busby (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lester E. 'Bubba' Carpenter (MS - R)
- Gary Alan Chism (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Becky Currie (MS - R)
- William C. 'Bill' Denny Jr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Deborah Butler Dixon (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Casey Eure (MS - R)
- J. Andrew 'Andy' Gipson (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Hank Lott (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rita R. Martinson (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Doug McLeod (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Miles (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alex Monsour (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- John L. Moore (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Pigott (MS - R)
- Henry B. 'Hank' Zuber III (MS - R)