The Constitutional basis for this prohibition is the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which requires that:Ĭongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . Elementary and secondary schools are covered because students are required to attend, and are considered more at risk from official pressure than are older students and adults. Private and parochial schools are not covered by these rulings, nor are colleges and universities.
They are banned from conducting religious observances such as prayer. Public schools are those operated by government agencies, such as local school districts. Students may pray privately, and join religious clubs in after-school hours. School prayer in the United States if organized by the school is largely banned from public elementary, middle and high schools by a series of Supreme Court decisions since 1962. Cheerleaders at New Rochelle High School praying before an athletic event
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