AlabamaAlabama schools must display history posters when donations are available
Starting January 1, 2027, Alabama school boards must display approved posters in certain classrooms and school common areas if donated money or displays are available.
What it does
Alabama school boards must display a poster about the Ten Commandments and American founding documents in certain classrooms and school common areas, if donated money or displays are available.
Argument forStudents may learn about the Ten Commandments’ place in American history through displays in history classrooms and school common areas.
Argument againstStudents from other faiths, or no faith, could feel excluded by religious commandments displayed at school, even with a notice about personal choice.
More detail
Local boards of education must display a poster or framed document with the Ten Commandments and specified historical information. Displays are required in every fifth- through twelfth-grade classroom where United States history is routinely taught, and in an entryway or other common area at each school. The common-area rule does not apply to schools serving only kindergarten through fourth grade. The requirement applies only if the State Superintendent determines that donated money or displays are available; boards do not have to use their own funds. The display must be at least 11 by 14 inches, use a design approved by the State Superintendent, and include the required text, including a statement that students and families may make their own choices about faith. The law takes effect October 1, 2026. Boards must begin displaying posters on January 1, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13EnactedBecame Law
- Apr 9Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1347Passed House
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1347. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 9Ready to Enroll
- Apr 9EnrolledTo Governor
- Apr 9Signature Requested
- Apr 9Delivered to GovernorMinor
- Apr 7Reported Out of Committee Second House
- Apr 7Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)Minor
- Apr 7Re-referred to Committee in Second House (State Government)Minor
- Apr 7Reported Out of Committee Second House
- Apr 7Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)Minor
- Mar 31Third Reading in House of Origin
- Vote recorded Third Reading in House of Origin. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Petition To Close Debate- Adopted Roll Call 978. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 979. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 31Petition To Close Debate- Adopted Roll Call 978
- Mar 31Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 979Passed Senate
- Mar 31Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education PolicyMinor
- Mar 31Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
- Mar 19Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- Feb 12Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)Minor
- Feb 11Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Jan 13Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education PolicyMinor
- Jan 13Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)Introduced
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