Allen ISD begins displaying Ten Commandments posters in classrooms following new Texas law

The Brief

  • A new Texas law requires all public elementary and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
  • Allen ISD announced it received a donation of over 1,500 posters and is now placing them in classrooms.
  • A federal judge has temporarily blocked the law’s enforcement in 11 other Texas school districts, citing a potential First Amendment violation.

ALLEN, Texas In the Spring, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 10, which requires the Ten Commandments be displayed on a donated poster sized at least 16 by 20 inches come September, when most new state laws go into effect.

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