HOUSTON — A new class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU is aiming to remove Ten Commandments posters from classrooms across Texas, expanding the legal fight over Senate Bill 10, a state law that requires every public school classroom to display a specific version of the Ten Commandments.

SB 10, which took effect Sept. 1, mandates that schools post a “durable poster or framed copy” at least 16x20 inches in a “conspicuous place” where the text can be read from anywhere in the classroom. The complaint argues the law forces schools to display a state-approved Protestant version of the Ten Commandments.

Previous lawsuits only covered about two dozen districts

Two earlier lawsuits — which KHOU 11 has been following — applied to only about two dozen districts statewide. Those districts include

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