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Calhoun County ISD board votes unanimously not to adopt SB 11 daily prayer resolution
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the Calhoun County ISD Board of Trustees voted 7–0 to decline adoption of the statutory resolution that would establish a daily period for prayer and reading of religious texts under Senate Bill 11 and Texas Education Code §25.0823.
The Calhoun County Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7–0 on Jan. 20 not to adopt the statutory resolution to establish a daily period for prayer and reading of religious texts under Senate Bill 11 and Texas Education Code §25.0823. The board’s action fulfills the requirement to take a recorded vote by the statutory deadline, as described during the meeting.
Board member Dana Dworaczyk moved not to approve the resolution; Vinson Phillips seconded the motion. All seven trustees—Cindy Alford, Dana Dworaczyk, Tyler McAfee, Vinson Phillips, Dominic Robles, Bill Shrader and Michael Williams—voted in favor of declining to adopt the resolution.
District staff summarized SB 11 (89th Legislature) and explained the statute requires boards to either adopt the specified statutory resolution establishing a daily period for prayer and reading of religious texts, or to decline to establish such a daily period, with the board’s record vote to be taken within six months of the statute’s effective date (the board noted March 2, 2026 as the deadline mentioned in the meeting). The board’s motion was to decline adoption of the resolution, and no further action on the item was recorded.
The board’s minutes state the motion carried 7–0 and do not record any further instructions or implementation steps related to campuses; the meeting moved to other agenda items afterward.
