This bill would require each local board of education and the governing body of each public institution of higher education to display the Ten Commandments and a context statement in a common area of each school under its jurisdiction. This bill would provide that no local board of education or public institution of higher education is required to use its funds to comply with the display requirement and that it may accept donations to comply with the display requirement. This bill would require the State Department of Education to identify and publicize free resources that local boards of education may use to comply with the display requirement. This bill would require the State Board of Education and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to adopt rules.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 16-1-20, 16-5-16