AG Paxton: Austin ISD Must Respect Religious Liberty Protections Afforded  Churches Under the Constitution and Texas Law

AG Paxton: Austin ISD Must Respect Religious Liberty Protections Afforded  Churches Under the Constitution and Texas Law  

Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – In a letter today to the superintendent of the Austin Independent School District, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office cautioned the school district against changing its facilities use policy to ban churches with traditional Christian beliefs from renting its facilities after school and on weekends. Current Austin ISD policy expressly permits churches to rent school facilities on the same terms as all community organizations. However, several members of the Austin ISD’s Board of Trustees […]