A new Louisiana law will require an “In God We Trust” sign to be displayed in all of the state’s public classrooms. House Bill 8, authored by state Representative Dodie Horton, will apply to K-12 and postsecondary institutions. It was signed into law by Governor John Bel Edwards on June 9 as Act No. 264 and will take effect on August 1.
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The state previously required that such a sign be displayed in all school buildings, but will now amend “this requirement from in each building and each school to in each classroom in each school.”
The law will also not “require a public school governing authority to spend its funds to purchase national motto displays,” and notes that schools “may accept donated displays.”
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