New Louisiana Law Requires Ten Commandments Be Displayed in All Classrooms

Louisiana is now the first state to mandate that the text be displayed at all public schools and colleges.

A Ten Commandments memorial rests in the lobby of the rotunda of the State Judicial Building in Montgomery, Ala., in 2022. Gary Tramontina/Getty Images

Louisiana has become the first state to enact a law mandating that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed at all public schools and colleges.

Under legislation that became law on June 19, Louisiana schools that receive state funds will have to display the Ten Commandments “in each building it uses and classroom in each school under its jurisdiction.”