HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-38                                      Bill No. CS/HB 915

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

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11  Representative(s) Melvin, Arza, and Baxley offered the

12  following:

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14         Substitute Amendment for Amendment (203637) (with title

15  amendment) 

16         On page 1, lines 12-27,

17  remove:  all of said lines

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19  and insert:

20         233.062  Permitting study of the Bible and religion;

21  permitting brief meditation period; display of motto and

22  constitution.--

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

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

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

26  religion.

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

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

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

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

31         (3)  The superintendent of schools in each school

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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





  1  district shall provide for the display in a prominent location

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

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

  4  appropriately framed background with minimum dimensions of 11

  5  inches by 14 inches.

  6         (4)  The superintendent of schools in each school

  7  district may provide for the display in a prominent location

  8  within each school under his or her supervision of s. 2, Art.

  9  I of the Florida Constitution providing for basic rights: "All

10  natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the

11  law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to

12  enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness, to be

13  rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect

14  property; except that the ownership, inheritance, disposition

15  and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for

16  citizenship may be regulated or prohibited by law.  No person

17  shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion,

18  national origin, or physical disability." The display of s. 2,

19  Art. I of the Florida Constitution shall be posted in a

20  separate place from the display of the national motto and

21  shall be on an appropriately framed background with minimum

22  dimensions of 11 inches by 14 inches.

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26  And the title is amended as follows:

27         On page 1, line 6, after the semicolon,

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29  insert:

30         authorizing the display of s. 2, Art. I of the

31         Florida Constitution in public schools;

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