Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the legislation. The state's requirement of a Ten Commandments display follows similar laws in Louisiana and Arkansas.
Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the legislation. The state's requirement of a Ten Commandments display follows similar laws in Louisiana and Arkansas.bill in a 82-46 vote following a week of debate and delay, when Democratic lawmakers attempted to introduce amendments.
Those amendments, including allowing individual school districts to opt in and for the Ten Commandments to be in different languages, were voted down by a Republican majority., was among his priorities for the current session, which ends next month, after similar legislation failed in 2023 because of time constraints.“By placing the Ten Commandments in our public school classrooms, we ensure our students receive the same foundational moral compass as our state and country’s forefathers,” Still, Texas’ Ten Commandments legislation is likely to face constitutional opposition as it has in Louisiana, where a GOP-drafted Under Texas’ bill, all public elementary or secondary schools must “display in a conspicuous place in each classroom of the school a durable poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments.” The displays must be at least 16 inches wide and 20 inches tall, and include the text of the Ten Commandments as written in the bill. Once signed into law, schools “must accept any offer of privately donated” displays or may use district funds, starting in the 2025-26 school year. The legislation does not have an enforcement mechanism, and it’s unclear what may happen to schools or individual teachers who refuse to comply. According to a state House committee analysis, the bill itself also “does not expressly create a criminal offense.” State Sen. Phil King, the lead author of the bill, previously said he was introducing the legislation because “the Ten Commandments are part of our Texas and American story.”But state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat who is Christian, objected to the bill this week during an earlier vote, saying a display of such religious text may feel exclusionary to non-Christian students. mandating the Ten Commandments in public schools, legal arguments over such laws could eventually wind up again before the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 1980 ruled that classroom displays of the Ten Commandments were unconstitutional. Louisiana has not fully implemented its law as officials await a federal appeals court ruling on its constitutionality. In November, a that would permit school districts to adopt policies allowing for a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or “other religious text” with parental consent. Abbott is also expected to sign it into law. Emily Witt, a spokeswoman for the Texas Freedom Network, a grassroots group that advocates for religious freedom, said the across Texas and other states is part of a wider “coordinated strategy” to infuse the Bible in public school education. “The message this sends to kids is that they’re being told their religion doesn’t matter and isn’t as important as this one,” Witt said. “We worry that leads to bullying and otherism — all things in public schools that we try to prevent.”Celebrity News
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