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The law requires classrooms to display a poster of the commandments that can be read from anywhere in the classroom.
A five-foot-tall stone slab bearing the Ten Commandments stands near the Texas Capitol in Austin on July 29, 2002. Harry Cabluck /AP Photo
6/22/2025|Updated: 6/22/2025
Texas has joined Louisiana as the second state to require every public school classroom in the state to display the Ten Commandments. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law on June 20 and it takes effect on Sept. 1.
The law requires classrooms to display a poster or framed English translation of the commandments that is at least 16-by-20 inches and able to be read from anywhere in the classroom.
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