Ten Commandments in Schools: What Northwest Arkansas Districts Are Doing

Backers defend Arkansas Ten Commandments law as rooted in tradition, not religion

Supporters of Arkansas’ new law requiring public display of the Ten Commandments in schools argued Tuesday that the measure is constitutional and grounded in historical tradition, despite a federal judge temporarily blocking it in parts of the state. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks halted enforcement of Act 573 of 2025 on Aug. 4 in Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville and Siloam Springs, after parents sued. The law remains in effect elsewher…

What do schools do after 10 Commandments ruling?

Will the Ten Commandments be posted permanently in public school classrooms and libraries across Arkansas? Will schools that post them eventually have to take them down?

Ten Commandments bill sponsors, advocates push back against court injunction | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sponsors of Arkansas' Ten Commandments law, which requires public school districts to display a copy of the religious text in every classroom, doubled down Tuesday despite a federal judge's ruling last week blocking the law's enforcement.

Ten Commandments in schools: What Northwest Arkansas districts are doing

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A new Arkansas law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments cannot be enforced in a handful of the state's largest school districts after a federal court blocked the law. As multiple districts in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley return for the new school year, questions have been raised about whether schools will display the Ten Commandments. Since a preliminary injunction was issued on …

Christian groups, Arkansas lawmakers defend Ten Commandments law

First Liberty Senior Counsel Jeremy Dys (left) speaks about Arkansas' Ten Commandments law as the law's lead sponsors Sen. Jim Dotson (center) and Rep. Alyssa Brown listen. Behind them are Rep. Harlan Breaux and Sen. Dan Sullivan. (Photo by Sonny Albarado/Arkansas Advocate)Backers of Arkansas’ law requiring public display of the Christian commandments asserted Tuesday that the law is constitutional and based on historical tradition rather than r…

Arkansas lawmakers continue push for display of Ten Commandments in public school classrooms

Last week, a judge partially stopped a law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in Arkansas school classrooms.