Opinion No.

The Honorable Jim Lendall State Representative Post Office Box 55555 Little Rock, AR 72225

Dear Representative Lendall:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on several issues relating to religion in the public schools. Specifically, you have asked for an outline of the law on the most common religion in schools issues, such as Bible reading, Gideon Bible distribution, and use of school facilities for religious meetings during and outside of the school schedule. Additionally, you have asked for an estimate of the cost of defending these types of lawsuits at both the federal…