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11  Representative(s) Hogan offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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17         Section 1.  Section 233.062, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         233.062  Permitting study of the Bible and religion;

20  permitting brief meditation period; display of motto and

21  constitution.--

22         (1)  The school board may install in the public schools

23  in the district a secular program of education including, but

24  not limited to, an objective study of the Bible and of

25  religion.

26         (2)  The school board may provide that a brief period,

27  not to exceed 2 minutes, for the purpose of silent prayer or

28  meditation be set aside at the start of each school day or

29  each school week in the public schools in the district.

30         (3)  The superintendent of schools in each school

31  district shall provide for the display in a prominent location

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  1  within each school under his or her supervision of the motto

  2  of the United States of America, "IN GOD WE TRUST," on an

  3  appropriately framed background with minimum dimensions of 11

  4  inches by 14 inches.

  5         (4)  The superintendent of schools in each school

  6  district may provide for the display in a prominent location

  7  within each school under his or her supervision of the

  8  Preamble to the Constitution of the United States

  9  providing:  "We the People of the United States, in Order to

10  form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic

11  Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the

12  general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to

13  ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this

14  Constitution for the United States of America." The display of

15  the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, if

16  posted, shall be posted in a separate place from the display

17  of the national motto and shall be on an appropriately framed

18  background with minimum dimensions of 11 inches by 14 inches.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

20  law.

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, lines 4-10,

26  remove:  all of said lines

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28  and insert:

29         schools to provide for the display of the

30         national motto in a prominent location in

31         public schools; authorizing the superintendent

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  1         to provide for the display of the Preamble to

  2         the Constitution of the United States in a

  3         prominent location in public schools; providing

  4         an effective date.

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