[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 483 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 483

  To strengthen religious liberty and combat government hostility to 
expressions of faith, by extending the reach of The Equal Access Act to 
                          elementary schools.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2005

  Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To strengthen religious liberty and combat government hostility to 
expressions of faith, by extending the reach of The Equal Access Act to 
                          elementary schools.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EQUAL ACCESS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

    The Equal Access Act (20 U.S.C. 4071 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 802--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``elementary 
                school or'' after ``public''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ``elementary 
                school or'' after ``public''; and
            (2) in section 803, by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) The term `elementary school' means a public school 
        that provides elementary education as determined by State 
        law.''.
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