Texas Values has sent updated legal guidance to every Texas public school district urging superintendents and school boards to comply with Senate Bill 10, the state law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms.
The organization is calling on districts to review their classroom displays, accept qualifying donated posters, and address any compliance issues. Texas Values also says it is prepared to provide compliant posters at no cost and pursue legal remedies against continued noncompliance.
"The time for waiting is over. School districts must put qualifying donated Ten Commandments posters up now," said Jonathan Covey, director of policy for Texas Values.
He added that a request for U.S. Supreme Court review does not suspend the law.
The updated guidance follows an April 21, 2026, ruling in which the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld SB 10 and vacated a federal injunction that had blocked its enforcement in the underlying case. The court concluded that the Texas law did not violate the First Amendment's Establishment or Free Exercise clauses. Opponents of the law have continued pursuing a Supreme Court challenge.
Texas Values also pointed to an October 1 state court order requiring the Galveston Independent School District to display donated Ten Commandments posters within 10 days. The order directly applies to the defendants in that case, while the organization says the proceedings demonstrate potential enforcement consequences for districts that delay compliance.
Under SB 10, public school districts must display qualifying posters or framed copies in classrooms and accept compliant donated displays. The law also permits districts to purchase displays with district funds. Texas Values says it has helped facilitate poster donations to classrooms statewide and previously submitted an amicus brief defending the law before the Fifth Circuit.
