391223 04: On June 27, 2001, a 42-year-old sculpture of the Ten Commandments was displayed in front of Grand Junction, Colorado’s city hall. The artwork became a point of contention between the American Center for Law and Justice of the Christian Coalition and the ACLU.
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H.B. 1009 would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
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The bill was filed by incoming representative Mike Olcott (R-Parker Co.)
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A similar bill was filed last year in the Senate.
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H.B. 1009 would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
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The bill was filed by incoming representative Mike Olcott (R-Parker Co.)
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A similar bill was filed last year in the Senate.
The Ten Commandments would have to be displayed in every classroom, according to a bill that has been prefilled in the Texas House for the next session.
H.B. 1009 was submitted last month by incoming lawmaker Mike Olcott (R-Parker County).
The bill would mandate that schools display a “durable poster or framed copy” of the Ten Commandments in each classroom if it were approved.
At least 16 inches in width and 20 inches in height are required for the displayed copies, which must also be “in a size and typeface that is legible to a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom.”
The law would permit schools that lack required posters to either seek donations or replace them with public cash.
Last year, a nearly identical bill was submitted to the state Senate.
With no Democrats voting in favor, they cleared the Senate.
After that, it was sent to the House, where it passed committee but was not put to a vote.
The first state to mandate the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms was Louisiana, which did so in June.
Louisana did not utilize state funding to create the poster, the Associated Press reported. Private donations were used to cover their costs.
The Northwest Ordinance, the Declaration of Independence, and the Mayflower Compact were among the other items that Louisiana law permitted to be displayed in K–12 classrooms.
The Louisiana law was criticized for denying equal educational opportunities and a sense of safety to children who have different views.
A similar Kentucky statute was declared illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1980, citing a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s establishment clause, which states that Congress must “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” The high court determined that the law had a blatantly religious objective rather than a secular one.
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The Associated Press and the Texas Legislature provided the information for this article.
The Associated Press and the Texas Legislature provided the information for this article.
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