Mississippi school district fined $7,500 for leading assembly with prayer
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Mississippi school district was fined $7,500 for opening an optional assembly with a prayer.
Local Methodist pastor Rev. Rob Gill led the assembly with a prayer at Brandon High School in May of last year. The assembly recognized students who scored more than a 22 on their ACT college admissions test, Fox News reported.
After a student sued the school district, Judge Carlton Reeves ordered the school pay the student's legal fees and threatened the district with a $10,000 fine if the problem arises again, Fox reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The public school district has been in trouble before, when the same student sued the district in 2013 for making him attend assemblies celebrating Christianity.