Paxton Launches Ten Commandments / Prayer Policy Probe of 29 ISDs

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday (May 7, 2026) that he is demanding that 29 ISDs provide proof that:

• They are displaying Ten Commandments posters (if donated or purchased outright) in all of their classrooms, as required by the SB10/regular legislation.
  
  
• Their school boards complied with SB11/regular session to vote on whether to adopt a policy to allow a school-day period for students and employees to participate in a period of prair and Bible reading or other religious text.

The 29 districts were all involved in lawsuits, as defendants, in which an assortment of plaintiffs challenged the SB10/Ten Commandments law — with the Fifth Circuit recently upheld as constitutional. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is likely.

Paxton targeted these ISDs: