There is a newer version of the Illinois Compiled Statutes
2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 105 Schools 105 ILCS 20/ Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act.
(105 ILCS 20/0.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 770)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act.
(Source: P.A. 92‑832, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
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(105 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 771)
Sec. 1.
In each public school classroom the teacher in charge may observe a
brief period of silence with the participation of all the pupils therein
assembled at the opening of every school day. This period shall not be
conducted as a religious exercise but shall be an opportunity for silent
prayer or for silent reflection on the anticipated activities of the day.
(Source: P. A. 76‑21.)
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(105 ILCS 20/5)
Sec. 5.
Student prayer.
In order that the right of every
student to the free exercise of religion is guaranteed within the public
schools and that each student has the freedom to not be subject to
pressure from the State either to engage in or to refrain from religious
observation on public school grounds,
students in the public schools may
voluntarily engage in individually initiated, non‑disruptive prayer that,
consistent with the
Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the United States and Illinois
Constitutions, is not sponsored, promoted, or endorsed
in any manner by the school or any school employee.
(Source: P.A. 92‑832, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
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