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Conroe ISD, a school district north of Houston serving more than 70,000 students, plans to have Ten Commandments posters hanging in all its classrooms by Tuesday, when students return after Labor Day weekend. The decision comes a week after district leaders said they would pause their rollout as they "await further guidance" from the courts.
Earlier this summer, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 10 , which requires all public schools in Texas to display posters of the Ten Commandments in their classrooms starting Sept. 1. The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups subsequently filed a federal lawsuit against 11 school districts in Texas' largest metropolitan areas, arguing the new law violates religious freedom protections in