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Title 20 — Education

Part A · Chapter 68 — National Education Reform

§ 6061. School prayer

Statutory text

No funds authorized to be appropriated under this chapter may be used by any State or local educational agency to adopt policies that prevent voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Goals 2000: Educate America Act

    Pub. L. 103–227 title X § 1011 · 108 Stat. 125

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 6061

    (Pub. L. 103–227, title X, § 1011, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 265.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 103–227, title X, § 1011, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 265.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1011. SCHOOL PRAYER. No funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act may be used by any State or local educational agency to adopt policies that prevent voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original this “Act”, meaning Pub. L. 103–227, , 108 Stat. 125, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5801 of this title and Tables.

Codification

Credits

(Pub. L. 103–227, title X, § 1011, , 108 Stat. 265.)

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