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From ABC News: Louisiana’s new law requiring all public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments will not be publicly enforced or endorsed in any way until November 15, 2024, according to a new court filing in the ongoing legal battle over the policy.
Both parties agreed that the Ten Commandments will not be posted in any public school classroom and defendants — including the state’s Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education — and schools will not publicly move forward on the law’s implementation until November.
Lester Duhe, a spokesperson for the Louisiana Attorney General’s office, clarified that the defendants “agreed not to take public-facing compliance measures” until then because it will give time for “briefing, oral arguments and a decision” ahead of the January 2025 date in which schools have to have the Ten Commandments.
The January requirement still stands pending the outcome of the suit.
The new state law requires all public schools — from kindergarten to the collegiate level — to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom on “a poster or framed document that is at least 11 inches by 14 inches, the report explains.
However, a multi-faith group of families in Louisiana has challenged the law, which resulted in the pause while it is under litigation.
NEWS: the Middle District Court has ordered a halt on the law mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom. Meaning the posters can’t be hung up until November and LDOE can’t promulgate rules around it until then while the case plays out #lalege #lagov pic.twitter.com/GjPOYe7ZmV
— Shannon Heckt (@ShannonHeckt) July 19, 2024
Enforcement of Louisiana’s Ten Commandment classroom requirement put on pause. https://t.co/m43AIhQfXX
— ABC News (@ABC) July 20, 2024
