Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Section 16-1-20.2 - School prayer

Section 16-1-20.2 - School prayer.

From henceforth, any teacher or professor in any public educational institution within the State of Alabama, recognizing that the Lord God is one, at the beginning of any homeroom or any class, may pray, may lead willing students in prayer, or may lead the willing students in the following prayer to God:

Almighty God, You alone are our God. We acknowledge You as the Creator and Supreme Judge of the world. May Your justice, Your truth, and Your peace abound this day in the hearts of our countrymen, in the counsels of our government, in the sanctity of our homes and in the classrooms of our schools in the name of our Lord. Amen.

(Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-735, p. 190, § 1.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021