HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-38                            Bill No. CS/HB 915, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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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.--

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

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

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

24  religion.

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

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

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

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

29         (3)  The superintendent of schools in each school

30  district shall provide for the display in a prominent location

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

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-38                            Bill No. CS/HB 915, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





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

  2  appropriately framed background with minimum dimensions of 11

  3  inches by 14 inches.

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

  5  law.

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  9  And the title is amended as follows:

10  remove:  the entire title

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12  and insert:

13                      A bill to be entitled

14         An act relating to public schools; amending s.

15         233.062, F.S.; directing the superintendent of

16         schools to provide for the display of the motto

17         "IN GOD WE TRUST" in a prominent location in

18         public schools; providing an effective date.

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