Public school students in South Dakota (and the other states) can pray during free time on their own, as guided by conscience. They don’t need to be directed to do that, even obliquely.

In a free country with a secular constitution, we all get to make our own decisions about what role, if any, religion will play in our lives. That’s not good enough for Noem and those who think like her.

Students returning to public schools in South Dakota this academic year will see something new in their buildings: large signs reading “In God We Trust.”