Overview
- Galveston ISD trustees voted 4–3 on Oct. 22 to delay posting the Ten Commandments until courts resolve constitutional challenges.
- Senate Bill 10 requires a durable poster or framed copy at least 16 by 20 inches, legible from anywhere in each public school classroom.
- Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking a temporary injunction and requested expedited action to compel the district to comply.
- Paxton’s filing notes that State Sen. Mayes Middleton donated the displays to the district, which the board declined to put up.
- Eleven other districts are currently exempt under a federal preliminary injunction from San Antonio, now on appeal to the 5th Circuit, but Galveston ISD is not covered.