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Via Charleston Post and Courier:
The Berkeley County School Board is expected to consider a proposal Tuesday that could reinstate its opening prayer.
For years, the board has begun its bi-monthly meetings by reciting the Lord’s Prayer, but that practice stopped in June after the district was put on notice by the Americans United for Separation of Church and State that their tradition violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Since June 28, board meetings have instead opened with a moment of silence.
On Tuesday the board is scheduled to consider a policy addition called “Public Invocation.” The agenda for the meeting was not available Friday.
“The board is exploring the option of an invocation like the state Legislature has adopted,” Chairman Jim Hayes said. “We would have to follow the guidelines the Legislature set forth this spring for government bodies.”
The board discussed the issue at its July 26 meeting but did not take action. The item was not specifically listed on the agenda but was discussed during Hayes’ “Board Chair Report,” which comes between the board’s return from executive session for student attendance appeals, and the adjournment. The discussion was not included on the meeting video posted on the district website.
Asked about the discussion, district spokeswoman Katie Orvin said it will be included in the meeting minutes. The minutes are not available to the public until they have been approved by the board, which should happen at the Tuesday meeting.
Board members said Hayes presented a chart showing how about 75 percent of the districts in the state open their meetings. It indicated that 23 of 62 districts reported moments of silence and 27 of 62 said they have an invocation.
Hayes also distributed to the board sample prayers based on those that have been delivered in the state Senate.
In July, state Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Charleston, sent a letter to board members — signed by 50 legislators — citing a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Town of Greece v. Galloway, which reaffirmed the right to pray at public meetings. Additionally on June 3 Gov. Nikki Haley signed an amendment to the Public Prayer and Invocation Act that includes a school board as being as a “deliberative body” which has the right to open meetings with an invocation.
Berkeley’s proposed policy says, “The Board is a deliberative public body and may open its regular public meeting with a public invocation complying with Section 6-1-160 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina.”