As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session H. B. No. 187
2025-2026
Representatives Click, Synenberg
Cosponsors: Representatives Pizzulli, Brennan, Hall, T., Brewer, Johnson,
Newman, Salvo, Lett, Ritter, Rader, Gross, Daniels, Thomas, D., Hoops
To amend section 3313.601 of the Revised Code to
require rather than permit school districts to
provide a moment of silence each school day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3313.601 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3313.601. The board of education of each school
district may shall provide for a moment of silence each school
day for prayer, reflection, or meditation upon a moral,
philosophical, or patriotic theme. No board of education,
school, or employee of the school district shall require a pupil
to participate in a moment of silence provided for pursuant to
this section. No board of education shall prohibit a classroom
teacher from providing in the teacher's classroom reasonable
periods of time for activities of a moral, philosophical, or
patriotic theme. No pupil shall be required to participate in
such activities if they are contrary to the religious
convictions of the pupil or the pupil's parents or guardians.
No board of education of a school district shall adopt any
policy or rule respecting or promoting an establishment of
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religion or prohibiting any pupil from the free, individual, and
voluntary exercise or expression of the pupil's religious
beliefs in any primary or secondary school.
Section 2. That existing section 3313.601 of the Revised
Code is hereby repealed.
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