none
Maybe some public schools (if u started a club with permission like I did) and definitely christian/religious schools.
about 100
To allow the Government to do things now that the constitution doesn't allow, because the constitution is from many centuries before. They need to update it.
The immigrant children are given a chance to school in the US schools just like the residents.
They were tough.
US President US Grant had a fear and dislike of Catholicism and the educational "system" they had established in the US. Grant believed that no government funds should be given to religious schools. Grant even considered for pushing for a Constitutional amendment to bar vouchers even indirectly helping Catholic schools.
not many
not many
Only middle schools and High schools and colledges can, so that'll be like100 schools in the US
fifteen
No. The US Supreme Court has found that organized prayer in schools is not permitted. You should have objected if you were offended. In the future, you should request that the board allow a moment of silence so that people can reflect or pray privately instead.
organised prayer in public schools is prohibited
The Supreme Court established what is now the current prohibition on state-sponsored prayer in US schools. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
Yes children can pray, but there is no public prayer. Since there is no state religion whose prayer would you say? But if a child wants to pray before they eat lunch or just say a prayer to themselves they may.
As of August 2014, Congress does open every session with a prayer. The prayer is given the by Chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1962 the US Supreme Court removed prayer from our public schools. In 1963 Bibles were removed. In 1980, the US Supreme Court said the Ten Commandments had to be removed from our public schools.
956 charter schools
Yes and no. The US Supreme Court says organized prayer in public schools is a violation of the First Amendment Establishment Clause, because schools are supported by taxpayer dollars. Taxpayer money comes from the government, the government is constitutionally prohibited from "establishing" religion, and public schools are an agent of the government.Organized prayer in schools established, run and supported by private or religious institutions is acceptable.Individuals have a right to pray privately wherever they want to - even in public schools, as guaranteed by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.For more information on the Supreme Courts view on prayer in public schools, see Related Questions, below.