TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition from a Christian school in Florida that asked it to reverse a ruling on prayers at high school football games, according to a report from USA Today.

Cambridge Christian School, a private school in Tampa, sued the Florida High School Athletic Association in 2015 after it denied the school’s request to say a prayer over the loudspeaker before a state championship game.

The ensuing lengthy legal battle ended up going in the favor of FHSAA, when a panel of judges determined that blocking the prayer was not a violation of free speech rights, USA Today reported. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that remarks from the loudspeaker would constitute government speech as it would be controlled by FHSAA, a state government agency.

The Supreme Court’s refusal to take the case will have little impact in Florida, which passed a law allowing schools participating in championship games or tournaments to make opening remarks, including prayers, before games.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill, HB 255, at Cambridge Christian School in May 2023.