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.ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH UNIT VOLUME 21, NO. Abstracts of Reports Required to be Filed With General Assembly Inside this Issue JANUARY 2008 "Moment of Silence" Laws Are Common and Controversial 2007 Illinois law requires "brief period of silence" at the start of each school day. The law has been challenged in federal court, where judge issued preliminary injunction barring the State Board of Education from implementing it. At least other states require or permit public schools to have moment of silence during each school day. History of Illinois Law 1969 Illinois law said public school teacher could observe brief period of silence at the start of each school day with the participation of all students. The law added that the period of silence "shall not be conducted as religious exercise but \ \ activities of the day." section added in 2002 allowed public school students to voluntarily engage in prayer that is not endorsed by the school. The 2007 law (enacted ove
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- agencyProgram: Legislative Research Unit
- contactCity: Springfield
- contactFaxNumber: 217-785-7572
- contactName: Patrick D. O'Grady
- contactNetworkAddress: lru@ilga.gov
- contactOrganization: Legislative Research Unit
- contactPhoneNumber: 217-782-6851
- contactState: IL
- contactStreetAddress2: Suite 301
- contactZipCode: 62704
- dateCreated: 10 00 2007
- dateLastModified: 10 00 2007
- description: This issue of First Reading summarizes selected bills as they passed both houses of the General Assembly.
- govType: State
- language: EN-English
- numberOrIssue: 2008 January
- originatorDepartment: General Assembly
- originatorDivision: Legislative Research Unit
- originatorJurisdiction: Illinois
- originatorOffice: Illinois
- volumeOrYear: vol. 21, no. 2