AUSTIN — Texas school trustees would have to vote on requiring prayer time at campuses under a bill debated Wednesday. Public schools would have to provide a daily period for prayer and reading ...

A new report from Pew Research Center finds Americans split on prayer in school, with just over half saying Christian prayers ...

Texas school boards will be required to vote on allowing designated prayer time. The prayer time would be voluntary, with parents having the choice of opting their child in.

Support for the prayer time in Texas schools didn’t split evenly based on party affiliation. Rep. Richard Peña Raymond, D-Laredo, named several Senate Democrats who backed the proposal as he ...

It cannot interfere with instruction time, and parents must sign a consent form before a student can participate. If the legislation passes, school boards would have to vote on prayer time.