Washington — The Department of Education will issue new guidance about prayer in public schools, President Trump announced Monday in a speech at the Bible Museum.
"I am pleased to announce this morning that the Department of Education will soon issue new guidance protecting the right to prayer in our public schools, and it's total protection," the president said, to applause and cheers from attendees ahead of a meeting of the Justice Department's Religious Liberty Commission.
Mr. Trump did not provide further details about what the new guidance will be.
In a speech focused on religious liberty and his administration's work to protect the interests of religious conservatives, he said it's "ridiculous" that today's students are "indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda, and some are