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Ricardo ISD board declines to adopt daily prayer resolution
Summary
Trustees voted unanimously (6–0, one absence) to decline Resolution 2026-04, which would have designated a daily period for prayer or reading of religious texts at each campus under SB 11.
The Ricardo ISD Board of Trustees voted Feb. 18 to decline Resolution 2026-04, which would have designated a daily period for prayer and reading of religious texts at each campus pursuant to SB 11.
Trustee Robert Zavala moved to decline adoption of the resolution; Trustee Lance Hamm seconded the motion. The board approved the motion 6–0 with Trustee Mario Mendietta absent. The transcript records the motion language: “I move that the Board of Trustees decline to adopt the Resolution Designating a Daily Period for Prayer and Religious Texts, as presented.”
The recorded minutes do not include the details of any extended debate recorded in the transcript or statements from community members on the item. The action was procedural: the board declined the proposed policy change and did not adopt the resolution.
