>> Thank you, June.

Also on the Education front, an amended version of a bill requiring a moment of silence in schools has also cleared both chambers.

But the changes that are some opposition from the Republican dominated Legislature.

The bill now allows local school boards to excuse students from school for up to one hour a week for, quote, moral instruction.

The amended bill does not define moral instruction, but does state that it cannot take place on school property.

Speaking on the Senate floor today, some Democrats said they thought it was a mistake to allow students to miss out on educational instruction.

3 Republicans joined in voting against the bill.

>> This president, we constantly in this body talk about not delegating, pushing for things down for our schools to do.

In fact, we've talked about having a task force to eliminate some of these duties that we forces schools to do to give them time to do what teachers do, teach.

There's already provisions in the law to allow for a moment of silence, say the Lord's prayer.

there's a lot of things in the law.

Schools are allowed to do now.

And I just fundamentally I disagree with forcing more things down on our schools to do.

>> The bill passed by a vote of 26 to 10 and is now headed