2000-Santa+Fe+Independent+School+District+v.+Doe


 * __Summary__** -

A student was allowed in a Santa Fe Independent school district to give a prayer over the intercom before home football games. The student had been elected as a student chaplain by the school student body. Parents filed suit against the district saying that it violated their rights under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional even though a student said the prayer. The prayer was considered a school-sponsored activity and put students in the place to have to participate in a religious ceremony.

**__Impact on Education__** -

Impact on education is that it student-led, student-initiated prayers is permissible in public schools.

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