Sixteen Texas families of multiple faiths and nonreligious backgrounds filed the case against multiple school districts across the state, asserting Senate Bill 10 violates the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment to the U.

The plaintiffs argue the mandate violates the First Amendment’s protections for religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

On July 2 2025, 16 families in Texas of different religious and nonreligious backgrounds filed suit in federal court to the new state law requiring all public elementary and secondary