AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Tuesday the Texas Senate discussed a pair of bills to introduce religion — primarily Christianity — into Texas public schools. Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) — allowing prayer in school, ...

Prayer? In public schools? In a state that allows religious chaplains to do the work of trained school counselors, April ...

"You really have to ask the question, are we better off or are we worse off since prayer was taken out of public school in the 1960s? and I think I know what the answer to that is," said State ...

The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, says the effort to prevent schools from broadcasting prayers is ‘nothing more than a ...

In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court in Engel v. Vital ruled that public school prayers provided to all students in a classroom or ...

Bipartisan-backed House Bill 187 would require public schools to take a daily moment of silence for prayer, reflection or meditation.

Bill 11 is about providing a space for free expression of our religion in public schools and open-enrollment charter schools," Middleton said. "The bill does not make participation in prayer or ...

Prayer? In public schools? Cubriel might as well wear a button ... As a counselor, and now in her added duties as a chaplain, she finds joy in helping students find their way.

The Texas Senate passed SB 11 on Tuesday with a 23-7 vote margin. While the bill wouldn’t require prayer in all public schools, school districts would be allowed to “adopt a policy requiring ...