20 U.S.C. § 6061
Section 6061 · School prayer
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Bown v. Gwinnett County School District (1995)
Most recently applied in Bown v. Gwinnett County School District (July 1995)
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.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original this “Act”, meaning Pub. L. 103 227, Mar. 31, 1994, 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.