Sept. 15 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced his intention to bring prayer into public schools, furthering a conservative push to mandate religious symbols and practices in public schools.
The president's announcement that he will direct the Department of Education to issue new guidance around prayer in schools follows state-level measures related to religion in school.
The U.S. Supreme Court prohibited school-sponsored prayer in precedent-setting decisions in the early 1960s. In its decisions in 1962's Engel vs. Vitale and 1963's Abington District vs. Schempp, the high court cited the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
The Establishment Clause prohibits the government from establishing a national religion.
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