LOUISE — By the time school counselor April Cubriel huddled around a small table with a pair of eighth graders on a recent Monday afternoon, she had a good sense of what was on kids’ minds at the ...

Forney students kneel in prayer before an April school softball game. Student-led prayer is common at sporting events. Now Texas lawmakers are close to passing a prayer period during the school day.

The district has an existing policy in place allowing students to engage in religious expression before, during and after school.

Texas schools have until March to decide whether to implement a period of prayer in school. Here's what Corpus Christi area ...