Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:483 Primary Sponsor:Peeler Committee Number:04 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Silent Prayer in schools Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Computer Document Number:436/11014AC.93 Introduced Date:19930302 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19930302 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Peeler Wilson Courtney McGill Courson Mescher Lander Mitchell O'Dell Thomas Gregory Martin Waldrep Ford Leatherman Type of Legislation:General Bill
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483 Senate 19930302 Introduced, read first time, 04
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-442, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL SET ASIDE A MINUTE OF VOLUNTARY SILENCE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL DAY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) the public school day is filled with an abundance of activities, demanding schedules, and substantial pressure for students and teachers;
(2) it is appropriate at the beginning of the school day to observe a period of voluntary silence, free of the myriad distractions that intrude on the educational process, so that students and teachers can contemplate the challenges of the upcoming school day and assume a frame of mind that promotes the proper atmosphere for learning and teaching.
SECTION 2. Article 5, Chapter 1, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-1-442. (A) Schools must set aside
a minute of silence at the beginning of each school day in all public elementary and secondary schools in this State. Students may participate on a voluntary basis."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.