She also noted the South Dakota Board of Education Standards is the one to set standards, like the inclusion of the Ten Commandments in schools, and SB 51 “throws a whole new wrinkle” in that ...

Thirty-seven representatives decided Monday afternoon that they shall kill the contentious Ten Commandments bill that had advanced through the Senate Education committee, Senate and House ...

Carley read a statement of support for SB 51 from South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, who he said wrote in a letter ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A bill that would require the Ten Commandments be displayed in all South Dakota classrooms failed in the House on Monday. In a 37-31 vote, representatives failed an ...

A committee of South Dakota lawmakers voted 4-3 to endorse a bill Thursday in Pierre that would require public school districts to teach the Ten Commandments and display them in every classroom. ...

South Dakota Ten Commandments bill voted down on House floor Sen. John Carley, a Republican freshman out of Piedmont who introduced the Ten Commandments bill, called Monday's results "a ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A Republican Senator wants to require every classroom in South Dakota to display the Ten Commandments. Sen. John Carley’s bill passed with a 4-3 vote in a Senate ...

A bill that aimed to place the Ten Commandments in South Dakota classrooms and curriculum failed to pass out of House on Monday on a vote of 37-31. Sen. John Carley, a Republican freshman out of ...

Texas is the latest Republican-governed state to pass a law requiring religious text to be displayed in schools.

North and South Dakota, ... In The Ten Commandments: A Short History of an Ancient Text, Michael Coogan writes: “Nor did the biblical writers intend the Decalogue to be universal.

Lawmakers defeated similar proposals in the South Dakota House. In North Dakota, lawmakers also shot down a bill requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in school cafeterias and in state ...

The bill would require the Ten Commandments be posted in each classroom in South Dakota's public schools. But it could face legal challenges.