At the opening of every school day in all grades in all public schools the teacher in charge of the room in which each class is held shall announce that a period of silence not to exceed one minute in duration shall be observed for meditation, and during this period silence shall be maintained and no activities engaged in.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-12-3.1
Period of silent meditation
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
Most recently applied in Wallace v. Jaffree (June 1985)
P.L. 1977, ch. 84, § 1.
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