Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.

Contracts

• Legal Retainers: General Counsel engagement letters must be reviewed. To access state indemnity for SB11-related litigation, the AG must represent the district. Retainers must allow for severability of representation for these specific claims.
• Employment Agreements: HR must ensure duty rosters for monitoring these sessions do not violate Section 25.901. Staff cannot be coerced into staffing these periods; participation must be voluntary and likely requires an addendum to standard duty contracts.

Hiring/Training

• Access Control Training: Staff assigned to monitor prayer areas must undergo specific training on roster verification. The law creates a strict liability standard where allowing a non-consenting student to enter constitutes an actionable injury.
• Physical Logistics: Facilities teams must identify spaces that are acoustically isolated. If a non-participant can hear the proceedings from the hallway or an adjacent room, the district is non-compliant.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Mandatory Record Vote: The Board minutes must reflect a record vote on the text provided in Sec. 25.0823(a-1).
• The "Super-Waiver": Standard permission slips are insufficient. You must utilize a specific consent form that includes an express waiver of Establishment Clause claims.
• Revocation Logs: Administrators must maintain a real-time log of consent revocations. If a parent revokes consent, the student’s status must be updated immediately to prevent unauthorized access.

Fees & Costs

• Litigation Exposure: If the Board adopts the policy but retains private counsel for a subsequent lawsuit, the district bears 100% of defense costs and judgments.
• Facility Modification: Potential capital costs to soundproof designated areas to meet the "cannot be heard" statutory requirement.