The University of Arkansas Fayetteville is preparing to display hundreds of Ten Commandment displays in compliance with a new state law.
John Thomas, the university’s director of media relations and core communications, said in a statement to the Arkansas Advocate, “The University recently received about 500 donated posters of the ‘Ten Commandments’ and is beginning to install the posters in university buildings and facilities as required under Act 573 of 2025.”
Spokespeople for Arkansas State University, Henderson State University, University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and University of Central Arkansas told the outlet that they did not receive Ten Commandment donations.
Under the law, “A durable poster or framed copy of a historical representation of the Ten Commandments” is to be displayed by schools and higher education institutions. The display must be at least sixteen inches by twenty inches and “include the text of the Ten Commandments in a size and typeface that is legible to a person with average vision from anywhere in the room in which the durable poster or framed copy is displayed.”
The law also requires the motto “In God we trust” to be in classrooms.
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the policy is in progress.
Meanwhile, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton doubled down on the implementation of the state’s Ten Commandments law, while a lawsuit on the matter plays out for specific school districts. “A federal judge in San Antonio has temporarily halted SB 10’s enforceability only in the eleven districts that are parties to the litigation. All other school districts in Texas are currently required to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms in accordance with state law,” Paxton’s legal advisory says.
