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Bishop CISD trustees decline to approve Senate Bill 11 prayer resolution in recorded 4–1 vote

Bishop Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees · February 23, 2026

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Summary

The board voted 4–1 not to approve a resolution establishing a policy or period for prayer/reading of religious texts as required by Senate Bill 11; Trustee Robert Ochoa Jr. cast the lone 'Nay.'

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At the Feb. 23 meeting, Bishop CISD trustees took a recorded vote on whether to approve a resolution concerning a policy or a period of prayer and reading of religious texts as referenced by Senate Bill 11. The motion to not approve the resolution passed 4–1.

Trustee Robert Ochoa Jr. was recorded as the sole dissenting vote; the minutes list Jeanette Gonzalez and Rey Longoria as absent for the meeting. The minutes do not record extended debate or statements explaining individual votes.

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