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Winnsboro ISD board declines to adopt policy requiring campus prayer period

Board of Trustees of the Winnsboro Independent School District · February 18, 2026
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Summary

On a 6–0 vote trustees declined to adopt a policy that would require each campus to provide a period of prayer and reading of religious texts as described in Education Code §25.0823.

Trustees voted to decline adopting a policy that would require every WISD campus to provide a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text, as referenced in Section 25.0823 of the Texas Education Code.

The motion to decline adoption was made by Brandon Green and seconded by Brian Busby; the minutes record the vote as carried, 6–0. The board did not record further debate or a plan for reconsideration in the minutes.