Editor’s Note: The video above is previous coverage from KXAN News at 5 p.m. on Aug. 25, 2025.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District said it will not display the Ten Commandments, at least temporarily, after a preliminary injunction was filed by a district judge last week, according to a statement provided by the district to KXAN.
Senate Bill 10, which requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, is set to take effect Sept. 1.
The injunction, which is a temporary court order, comes after a group of families and faith leaders brought a lawsuit against multiple school districts to stop the law from going into effect. The injunction includes 11 school districts. Austin ISD and Houston ISD were part of the lawsuit, but Paxton said they were not affected by the injunction.
According to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, school districts included in the injunction are Alamo Heights, North East, Cypress Fairbanks, Lackland, Lake Travis, Fort Bend, Dripping Springs, Plano and Northside.
Austin ISD provided a statement to KXAN on Tuesday, writing that the district’s legal team “obtained a dismissal from the lawsuit,” but that it would “follow any injunction entered by the court.”
“The Austin ISD legal team successfully obtained a dismissal from the lawsuit. The order of dismissal details that Austin ISD will follow any injunction entered by the court relating to the application of SB10,” the statement said. “In light of the court’s recent injunction, Austin ISD will not display the Ten Commandments in our schools.”
In a news release Monday, Paxton said that he “immediately” appealed the ruling.
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