Yesterday, Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation ensuring Arizona kids have time at the beginning of each school day to take a moment of silence. The bill signing fell out on the 120th birthday of the Rebbe, an influential figure of the Jewish community who called for a moment of silence in schools at the beginning of every day shortly after the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan • Full Story, Photos

All K-12 public schools in Florida will hold a moment of silence at the start of the day starting next school year, according to a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. “It’s important to be able to provide each student the ability every day to reflect and be able to pray as they see fit” • Full story

The State Senate in Florida approved the ‘Moment of Silence’ for all public schools earlier today. This law was met with approval from lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. One proponent of the bill is Rabbi Schneur Oirechman, who founded Chabad of Tallahassee and FSU 21 years ago. After California’s Chabad of Poway shooting that killed one woman in 2019, Oirechman said he and a group of other rabbis wrote to Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Lady Lake, advocating a moment of silence. Baxley sponsored the bill in 2020 and again this year • Full Story

Florida’s Legislature is on the verge of requiring public schools across the state to set aside one to two minutes of silence every morning, adding to the mix of school announcements, the Pledge of Allegiance and roll calls. Article courtesy of usnews.com • Full Story

Councilman Chaim Deutsch (D-Brooklyn) introduced a resolution into the New York City Council to call upon the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation requiring a moment of silence in all public schools at the beginning of each school day • Full Story