IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education rejected a request that would have adopted a display of the Ten Commandments in schools.
The display poster would have featured the Ten Commandments and the Bill of Rights.
School board member Brian Sloan was behind the proposal. He said the posters would be paid for by private donations, but other school board members worry any lawsuits against the district would have to be fought using the local budget.
The measure failed to get a second motion to reach a vote during Monday's meeting. Another board member introduced a measure to delay the vote on the matter to November's board meeting in order to receive further guidance on proposed changes to the display, including blurring the Ten Commandments to be less legible. However, this measure failed 4-3, which killed the measure altogether.
If the request was approved, the poster would be displayed at school entrances or in school libraries.