Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is encouraging public school students to recite the Lord’s Prayer during time set aside under a new state law on religion in schools, marking the latest move by Republican leaders to test the boundaries of church-state separation in education.

“With Senate Bill 11, Texas classrooms have the opportunity to bring back prayer and reflection,” Paxton said in a statement, The Texas Tribune reported Tuesday. “I encourage students to use this time to pray the Lord’s Prayer, as taught by Jesus Christ.”

The state law, adopted this year, enables public schools to offer voluntary daily periods for prayer or reading religious texts.

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