House gives final approval to Senate Bill 11 on school prayer time. School boards would have six months to vote on allowing ...

A Texas bill would allow schools to set aside time for students to pray and study the Bible or other religious texts.

Debates over expanding religion on Texas campuses came the same day the U.S. Supreme Court’s deadlock blocked the creation of ...

The lower chamber voted to give initial approval to Senate Bill 11, which is a priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Authored by ...

I don’t think there’s anyone here who thinks that the moral, emotional or mental well being of our students is overall better than it was in 1962, when this prayer was removed from our public schools.

The Texas House voted to advance a bill Thursday that could see school districts adopting a policy that would incorporate prayer time in schools before the end ...

The bill would require school districts to vote on carving out time for prayer and the reading of religious texts.

Gov. Dan Patrick. Authored by State Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), it would require school boards to vote on allowing designated prayer time. "SB 11 is about protecting the freedom of those ...

The House gave its final approval to Senate Bill 11, written by state Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), on Friday morning.

House lawmakers have initially approved a bill to allow school boards to set aside time during the school day for students to pray or read religious texts.

Salah is obligatory for adult Muslims and prayer times are set according to the movement of the Sun and performed five times a day as follows: Apart from the five daily prayers, there is an ...