ND HB1275

Students may voluntarily pray aloud or participate in religious speech at any time before, during, or after the schoolday to the same extent as voluntary secular speech.

Students of public or nonpublic schools cannot be prohibited from voluntarily participating in student-initiated prayer at school activities on school premises.

School boards, administrators, and teachers cannot impose restrictions on student-initiated religious speech or prayer that exceed restrictions on secular speech.

School boards may authorize classroom teachers to impose up to one minute of silence for meditation, reflection, or prayer at the beginning of each schoolday by resolution.

School boards may authorize voluntary recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by a teacher or students at the beginning of each schoolday, but students cannot be required to recite it, stand during recitation, or salute the flag.