1962-+Engel+v.+Vitale

New York State Board of Regents had approved a prayer be recited each morning in the public schools in 1951. The prayer was 22 words long and nondenominational. The board believed that the prayer would develop good citizenship along with good character. The schools could decide if they used it or not. New Hyde Park Principal was directed by the Union Free School District to have it read out loud in presence of a teacher at the beginning of the day. Parents of ten pupils that attended New Hyde Park filed suit. The objected to the prayer and that it was not their children’s beliefs or religious practice. The State appeals court upheld the use of prayer. The Supreme Court said that it disagreed. They said that it was inconsistent with the Establishment Clause.
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The impact of this ruling on education was to establish the separation of church and state.



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