ACLU of Texas Monitoring Last Week For Texas School Boards to Vote on Allowing Daily Prayer Period in Schools, Urges Remaining ISDs to Vote No

AUSTIN, Texas — School districts across Texas will vote by March 1 on whether to implement Senate Bill 11, which would allow for a dedicated daily period for prayer and the reading of “the Bible and other religious texts" in public schools.

Maintaining religious neutrality in public schools protects the constitutional rights of students, families, and educators from potential overreach by the state. School districts are expected to hold votes throughout February during regular school board meetings. The ACLU of Texas has put together a toolkit to help people advocate against implementing S.B. 11.

“School districts should reject S.B. 11 because inviting state-organized prayer into public schools will only cause division, pressure students to conform, and distract schools from their core educational mission,” said Caro Achar (she/her), engagement coordinator for free speech at the ACLU of Texas. “This law risks violating students’ and families’ constitutional rights and blurring the critical separation between church and state. Texas students already have robust rights to pray or read religious texts during their own time during the school day. Texas public schools should be places where all students — regardless of faith or background — can learn, grow, and thrive.”

Families, students, and educators still have time to oppose the establishment of these prayer periods by speaking up during upcoming school board meetings and directly contacting their trustees. If the prayer periods are approved, parents may withhold permission for their children to participate.

Contact us to speak with our policy and legal experts for more information.

Access ACLU of Texas S.B. 11 toolkit here: https://live-awp-texas.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/2026/01/ACLU-of-Texas-SB-11-Advocacy-Toolkit.pdf
Below is a list of school districts with upcoming votes this week:

* The list shows some of the school districts that have added S.B. 11 votes to their school board agendas this week (Feb. 23 - Feb. 28). The information here is not comprehensive. Additional school districts not listed here could be voting before the March 1 deadline.

Amarillo

• Dell City (Feb. 25)
• Gruver ISD (Feb. 25)
• Kermit ISD (Feb. 25)
• Motley County ISD (Feb. 23)
• Munday CISD (Feb. 23)
• Seymour ISD (Feb. 25)
• Spur ISD (Feb. 23)
• Tornillo ISD (Feb. 25)

Austin

• Blanco ISD (Feb. 23)
• Caldwell ISD (Feb. 23)
• Dime Box ISD (Feb. 25)
• Dripping Springs ISD (Feb. 23)
• Elgin ISD (Feb. 23)
• Florence ISD (Feb. 23)
• Manor ISD (Feb. 23)
• Smithville ISD (Feb. 23)
• Seguin ISD (Feb. 24)
• Hutto ISD (Feb. 26)
• Leakey ISD (Feb. 23)
• Lockhart ISD (Feb. 23)
• Valley Mills ISD (Feb. 23)

Corpus Christi

• Beeville ISD (Feb. 23)
• Bishop CISD (Feb. 23)
• Flour Bluff ISD (Feb. 25)
• Gregory-Portland ISD (Feb. 23)
• London ISD (Feb. 23)
• Orange Grove ISD (Feb. 25)
• Refugio ISD (Feb. 25)
• Santa Gertrudis ISD (Feb. 23)

Dallas-Fort Worth

• Alvarado ISD (Feb. 26)
• Azle ISD (Feb. 23)
• Blue Ridge ISD (Feb. 23)
• Celeste ISD (Feb. 23)
• Coppell ISD (Feb. 23)
• Crowley ISD (Feb. 26)
• Dallas ISD (Feb. 26)
• Grapevine-Colleyville ISD (Feb. 23)
• Lipan ISD (Feb. 25)
• Mabank ISD (Feb. 23)
• Millsap ISD (Feb. 23)
• Peaster ISD (Feb. 23)
• Pottsboro ISD (Feb. 23)
• Princeton ISD (Feb. 23)
• Red Oak ISD (Feb. 23)
• Redwater ISD (Feb. 23)
• Rio Vista ISD (Feb. 23)
• Valley View ISD (Feb. 23)
• White Settlement ISD (Feb. 23)

Houston

• Anahuac ISD (Feb. 23)
• Clear Creek ISD (Feb. 23)
• Coldspring-Oakhurst CISD (Feb. 23)
• Deer Park ISD (Feb. 23)
• Deweyville ISD (Feb. 23)
• Fort Bend ISD (Feb. 23)
• Goose Creek CISD (Feb. 23)
• Hamshire-Fannett ISD (Feb. 23)
• Hardin-Jefferson ISD (Feb. 23)
• Huntington ISD (Feb. 23)
• Kirbyville CISD (Feb. 23)
• Pasadena ISD (Feb. 24)
• West Orange-Cove CISD (Feb. 23)

Midland-Odessa

• Kermit ISD (Feb. 25)
• McMullen CISD (Feb. 25)
• Dell City ISD (Feb. 25)

Rio Grande Valley

• South Texas ISD (Feb. 24)

San Antonio

• Blanco ISD (Feb. 23)
• Boerne ISD (Feb. 23)
• Divide ISD (Feb. 25)
• Edgewood ISD (Feb. 23)
• Hamilton ISD (Feb. 25)
• Hays CISD (Feb. 23)
• Judson ISD (Feb. 26)
• Leakey ISD (Feb. 23)
• Lockhart ISD (Feb. 23)
• Natalia ISD (Feb. 23)
• San Felipe Del Rio CISD (Feb. 23)
• San Gertrudis ISD (Feb. 23)
• Sonora ISD (Feb. 23)
• South San Antonio ISD (Feb. 23)
• Uvalde CISD (Feb. 23)

Tyler-Longview

• Alba-Golden ISD (Feb. 23)
• Carthage ISD (Feb. 26)
• Hughes Springs ISD (Feb. 23)
• Kilgore ISD (Feb. 23)
• Miller Grove ISD (Feb. 23)
• Mount Pleasant ISD (Feb. 23)
• Redwater ISD (Feb. 23)
• Texarkana ISD (Feb. 23)

Waco-Temple-Bryan

• Belton ISD (Feb. 23)
• Bryan ISD (Feb. 23)
• Buffalo ISD (Feb. 23)
• Caldwell ISD (Feb. 23)
• Groesbeck ISD (Feb. 24)
• Hubbard ISD (Feb. 23)
• Lorena ISD (Feb. 23)
• Robinson ISD (Feb. 23)
• Teague ISD (Feb. 24)
• Valley Mills ISD (Feb. 23)