A contentious discussion over donated display posters described by requesters as "rainbow" motto posters prompted the Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education to amend its agenda and adopt a resolution specifying additional printing and design requirements for official motto displays under Ohio Revised Code 3313.801.
Board members questioned whether the donated posters met the statutory conditions for displaying the official models and mottos (dimension, content, absence of extraneous images). Some members described the posters as political or a mockery of the state motto, expressing concerns that the copies did not meet the statute’s conditions. In response, board member Alice Graziosi introduced a formal resolution that would add binding design limits, including permitted ink colors (black, white, red or blue) and permitted background colors (red, white, blue or black).
After clarifying the correct statutory citation (the resolution text initially read "3318" and was corrected on the record to 3313), the board voted to amend the agenda to consider the resolution and then adopted it by majority vote. The adopted resolution amends the local design requirements for displays of the official mottoes and instructs district staff to enforce those display standards within district buildings.
The board’s action is procedural and policy‑level; it does not represent litigation or a determination about any particular donated poster but creates explicit local design guidance the district will apply when accepting and placing donated motto materials.