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New Law Requires NY Students To Observe Moment Of Silence On 9/11

Hank Berrien
New Law Requires NY Students To Observe Moment Of Silence On 9/11
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Just in time for the 18th anniversary of 9/11, New York state approved a law mandating that schools observe a moment of silence on the anniversary of the attack.

The New York Post reports, “The law calls for a brief moment of silence at the beginning of the school day every 9/11 to encourage dialogue and education in the classroom among a new generation of students who weren’t alive during the 2001 terror attacks … ”

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