The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, did not provide any avenue for the U.S. Supreme Court to “rule” against reading the Christian Bible anywhere.
The United States of America was a Christian nation from the start; but, because of different Christian religion followings of Jesus Christ, the Founding Fathers - developers of the First Amendment - agreed that none of the different Christian religion followings of Jesus Christ, would be the official religion and/or official Church of the United States of America.
“The separation of Church and State” is a misnomer. The many religious symbols that mark many thousands of acres of federal government military cemetaries and reservations are testimony to, “under God.”
The U.S. Supreme Court would be shown the door, by “ruling” that all the religious symbols be removed from those grounds.
The U.S. Supreme Court would be shown the door, by “ruling” that Christian services and reading from the Bible are prohibited on those grounds.
By the way, a PUBLIC SCHOOL is neither The Congress nor The Federal Government.
This isn't an issue of separation. This is and issue of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". When Christian prayers are scheduled inside school time along with a Devotional, the school as a government entity, is promoting a specific religion. There are students of diverse Faiths in a public school. A government entity is not allowed to promote one over the other.
What would each of you do if your children were required to face Mecca and pray while in school? The "free exercise thereof" clause should enable a Muslim teacher to do just that during that devotional time.
It strikes me as unusual that you very people complain about the quality of education on one hand, and then cry out for yet another time period in the school that is unrelated to its proper subject matter. I think you are abdicating your Evangelism responsibilities to the schools with which you have already voiced dissatisfaction.
Religious instruction belongs in the home and in the church of choice. The "of choice" that is denied when conducted in a school. Perhaps you feel that a public school can do a better job than you in raising your children.
It is PUBLIC, required to provide EQUAL ACCESS to all.
Were you really that bad at parenting that you needed a school to help you teach your child to pray?
I don't think you how the government works. The Congress makes laws, supposedly in accordance to the Constitution. Those laws govern The People. The People follows those laws or develop Imperial Entanglements. A PUBLIC school is a government entity, so, the Bill of Rights does indeed apply to the operation of schools.
The Federal Government cannot pass laws which affect YOUR practice of religion.
Non-government entities do not have to follow the Bill of Rights. Your employer has the right to prohibit political or religious conversations on their property or on their time clock.