US EditionTexas governor signs bill requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms
- On Saturday in Austin, Texas, Governor Greg Abbott enacted Senate Bill 10, which mandates that every public school classroom display the Ten Commandments beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.
- The law follows similar legislation in Louisiana and Arkansas, despite federal courts recently ruling a comparable Louisiana law unconstitutional.
- Schools must post a durable, framed Ten Commandments poster at least 16 inches wide, with text legible from anywhere in the classroom, but are not required to buy the displays themselves.
- The attorney general will support schools legally and Texas will pay all related expenses, though critics argue the law infringes on constitutional boundaries between religion and government, and legal analysts anticipate challenges in court.
- This law establishes mandatory religious text postings in Texas schools, signaling potential legal battles ahead and reflecting ongoing debates over religion's role in public education.
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Texas governor signs bill requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms
Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.
Starting in September, each public school classroom will be required to exhibit the Ten Commandments — part of a broader drive in Texas and beyond to increase the role of religion in schools. On Saturday, Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10, despite a decision by a federal court that established that a similar Louisiana law violated the constitutionally required separation between church and state. In May, the proposal passed into Senate …
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New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom
Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new state law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.
Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill signed by governor
Come September, every public school classroom will be required to display the Ten Commandments — part of a larger push in Texas and beyond to increase the role of religion in schools, The Texas Tribune reports.
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