Schools may not arrange for prayer at graduation or baccalaureate ceremonies. Teachers and administrators cannot encourage religious or anti-religious activity from students, nor can they discourage such activity unless it interferes with the normal functions of the school. Public schools can teach about religion, but may not provide religious instruction. Students may express their beliefs in homework or other written or oral assignments. Students have the right to distribute religious literature to their classmates on the same basis that they can distribute other literature.
Schools can impose reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on such distribution.
Subject to state law, schools can excuse individual students from lessons that are objectionable to the student on religious grounds. Subject to state law, schools can excuse students to attend off-premises religious instruction, but cannot encourage or discourage participation. Students may display religious messages on items of clothing, to the same extent that comparable non-religious messages are allowed. Messages may not be suppressed because they are religious. Generally, a student may wear religious attire while in school if it is part of the student's religious practice.