Ken Paxton Pushes to Bring Prayer Back to Texas Schools

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking a bold stand for the values that built this nation calling on every school in Texas to bring back Bible reading and prayer to the classroom.

“We want the Word of God opened, the Ten Commandments displayed, and prayers lifted up in Texas classrooms,” Paxton said Monday, in a statement that sent shockwaves through both the state and the national education debate.

With the passage of Senate Bill 11, school boards in Texas are now required to take a public vote within six months of September 1, 2025, on whether to adopt a policy allowing students time to read religious texts and pray voluntarily with parental consent.

This isn’t just policy it’s a cultural reset.

“Our nation was founded on the rock of biblical truth,” Paxton continued. “I will not stand by while the far-left attempts to push our country into the sinking sand.”

This marks a clear rejection of radical secularism that’s dominated public education for decades, and a return to the moral grounding that once made our schools and our country strong.

Paxton’s message resonates in a time when:

• 72% of Americans still say religion is important in their daily lives (Gallup, 2023)

• Over 60% of parents support voluntary prayer in schools, according to recent national polls

• Biden’s Department of Justice has actively targeted religious institutions, including Catholic churches, in an unprecedented assault on religious freedom

Kim Hermann, president of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, applauded Paxton’s efforts:

“Kids today are terrified to pray in school, or even say the word ‘Bible.’ The Biden Administration made the free expression of religion not free at all.”

Hermann emphasized that voluntary prayer with parental permission is completely constitutional and long overdue.

At the same time, President Donald Trump addressed the importance of faith in public life during the launch of the America Prays initiative in Washington, D.C.

“The Department of Education will soon issue new guidance protecting the right to prayer in our public schools,” Trump announced.

This is a clear contrast to the Biden administration’s agenda, which has tried to erase faith from the public square while weaponizing federal agencies against churches and religious schools.

Texas is proving once again that it won’t bow to woke orthodoxy or weak leadership from Washington. Instead of censoring faith, Texas is protecting it.

And as our schools battle rising violence, mental health crises, and a lack of moral clarity, maybe it’s time we finally admit what our grandparents always knew:

Prayer belongs in school.

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