04.09 - 04.10 BIBLE READING/VOLUNTARY PRAYER

SECTION 04 - INSTRUCTION
04.09 - 04.10 BIBLE READING/VOLUNTARY PRAYER
04.09 Bible Reading

In compliance with the United States Supreme Court ruling, the Board of Education has instructed that required Bible reading and prayer shall not be conducted in Great Plains Technology Center.

04.10 Voluntary Prayer

The Oklahoma State Board of Education has directed that every school district permit those students and teachers wishing to do so to participate in voluntary prayer. This policy is adopted to comply with that directive.

It is the technology center’s policy that students and teachers may engage in voluntary prayer, including at graduation ceremonies. However, technology center employees shall not teach, or instill by way of repetition, any sectarian or religious doctrine.

Any student or teacher who has not been permitted to participate in voluntary prayer should notify the relevant Executive Director of Instructional Development of the violation of this policy. The technology center will investigate all reports that a student or teacher has not been permitted to participate in voluntary prayer pursuant to this policy.

Reference: OKLA. STAT. tit. 70, § 11-101.1; O.A.C. 210: 35-3-251