Brittany Kelley
AUSTIN— The Office of Attorney General Ken Paxton announced May 7 that Dripping Springs ISD is one of more than 20 school districts across the state being investigated regarding its compliance with Senate Bill 10.
SB 10 went into effect Sept. 1, 2025, following its passage in the 89th Texas Legislature. The bill requires school districts to display “in a conspicuous place” a 16 inch by 20 inch “durable poster or framed copy” of the Ten Commandments,” which reads as follows:
"The Ten Commandments
I AM the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven images.
Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s."
The posters, the bill continues, may be donated by community members for display purposes. They may also be purchased by the district, if no donations are received, but this is not a requirement.
According to Paxton, “The demands issued to these schools also require them to produce documents regarding the display or lack thereof of the Ten Commandments and their policies regarding SB 10.”
The investigation also detailed SB 11, which requires school boards to either adopt or deny a designated time for prayer. The DSISD Board of Trustees opted to deny adding the time unanimously at its Feb. 23, 2026, meeting.
“I will always fight for students’ fundamental right to pray in our schools and work to ensure that Texas kids are able to learn from the Ten Commandments daily,” added Paxton.
DSISD communications specialist Blake Barington stated that the district remains “in full compliance with the provisions of Senate Bill 10,” as the display is contingent on receipt of donated posters and none have been received.
The district did not send out any information regarding the bill or poster donations to parents, due to the injunction placed on the bill in the fall, noted Barington. Although no posters have been received, staff are not planning on purchasing any posters, as this is not required by law, he continued.
“Dripping Springs ISD has not heard from Ken Paxton's office. Once posters are donated by an organization, we will put them up, but none have been donated,” concluded the specialist.
To view the investigation notice, visit https://bit.ly/3RmSjHB. To learn about the details of SB 10, bit.ly/4nPVZOb.
