Consider and take possible action on whether Italy ISD will adopt a resolution requiring every campus in Italy ISD to provide a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text as provided by Education Code 25.0823 (a.k.a. SB11) Description: SB 11 from the 89th Legislative Session adds Texas Education Code section 25.0823, which allows school boards to designate time each school d

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8.I. Consider and take possible action on whether Italy ISD will adopt a resolution requiring every campus in Italy ISD to provide a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text as provided by Education Code 25.0823 (a.k.a. SB11) Description: SB 11 from the 89th Legislative Session adds Texas Education Code section 25.0823, which allows school boards to designate time each school day at every campus for students and employees to pray and read the Bible or other religious texts. The bill requires that within six months of the effective date (by March 1, 2026), each district’s board must take a record vote either to establish the daily prayer time and reading of religious texts by adopting the resolution set out in the new statute or to decline to establish the daily prayer time. A board wishing to establish a daily period for prayer and reading of religious texts must do so by adopting the statutory resolution.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).