US EditionNew Education Department guidance allows teachers to pray with students
The new guidance allows teachers to visibly pray with students during school hours, reversing 2023 restrictions and citing the 2022 Supreme Court ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education issued guidance allowing public K-12 school teachers and employees to take part in visible, personal prayer with students, announced at the 2026 National Prayer Breakfast.
- Following the Supreme Court's 2022 Kennedy v. Bremerton decision, the department reversed the 2023 guidance issued under then-U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, citing the ruling's legal influence.
- The text clarifies allowed actions and explicit prohibitions: a teacher may bow her head to say grace and students may join, but teachers may not pressure or instruct students to pray.
- The Trump Administration framed the guidance as supporting students' First Amendment exercise, with observers warning of nationwide implications for prayer in schools.
- The rollout was tied to a broader 'Make America Pray Again' agenda, with Trump attacking Democrats and mocking House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying `Mike Johnson's a very religious person and he does not hide it`.
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President Donald Trump gives a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education reinforced the right to prayer in public schools in guidance issued Thursday. Under the guidance to state and local education agencies, students, teachers and school officials have “a right to pray in school as an expression of individual faith, as l…
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