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Waxahachie ISD board votes not to adopt districtwide campus prayer policy
Summary
The Waxahachie ISD Board of Trustees voted 6-1 on Feb. 9, 2026 not to adopt a policy requiring a daily campus period of prayer or reading of religious text as provided by Texas Education Code 25.0823. Trustee Judd McCutchen made the motion; Trustee Ryan Pitts cast the lone opposing vote.
The Waxahachie Independent School District Board of Trustees voted on Feb. 9, 2026 not to adopt a policy requiring every campus to provide a period of prayer or reading of the Bible or other religious text under Texas Education Code 25.0823.
Trustee Judd McCutchen moved that Waxahachie ISD not adopt such a policy; Trustee Debbie Timmermann seconded and the motion passed 6-1. The minutes record the vote with President Dusty Autrey, Vice President Debbie Timmermann, Trustee Kim Kriegel, Trustee Adrian Cooper, Trustee Clay Schoolfield and Trustee Judd McCutchen voting in favor and Trustee Ryan Pitts opposed.
Board members did not adopt a written policy on the matter at the meeting; the motion as recorded in the minutes stated the district would not require every campus to schedule a period of prayer or religious text reading. The motion references Texas Education Code 25.0823 as the statutory provision discussed in the agenda item.
The board took no additional formal action on related district policy at the meeting.
