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Multiple speakers urge McKinney ISD to resist state guidance on displaying religious texts in classrooms
Summary
Several parents and residents urged the board to protect religious freedom and avoid enforcing Senate Bill 10 requirements that commenters said promote the Ten Commandments in classrooms; speakers cited constitutional cases and urged the district to refrain from disciplining teachers who remove religious displays.
Multiple public commenters at Monday’s McKinney ISD meeting urged trustees to resist what they described as state-level efforts to elevate religious texts in classrooms under Senate Bill 10.
Amber Bateman told the board the issue “is not just about a plaque on a classroom wall” but about whether schools will…
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