AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — As a new Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in schools is set to take effect next week, Attorney General Ken Paxton is ensuring compliance across the state. However, a recent court ruling has exempted 11 school districts, including Austin ISD, from this mandate.

In Central Texas, San Marcos and Round Rock ISD have not received any donations of the required posters, while Hays CISD has received a donation from the organization My Faith Votes.

Hays CISD plans to place information cards next to each poster to explain the purpose of their display.

Dr. Eric Wright, Superintendent of Hays CISD, said, "You've read the law; once those have been donated, we will be putting them up in classrooms across the district to comply." He added, "I think we have like 800 1800 classrooms in our district, so once we get the 1800 posters, then we'll put them all up at the same time."

While schools are not required to purchase the posters, they must accept and display donations made to them.

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Activists and several school districts, including Austin ISD, have sued to prevent the law from taking effect. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction last week, stopping these districts from displaying the Ten Commandments.

Paxton has appealed the ruling, asserting in a statement, "From the beginning of time, the Ten Commandments have irrevocably intertwined with America’s legal, moral, and historical heritage. I will not back down from defending the virtues and values that built this country."

Jonathan Saenz, President of Texas Values, expressed optimism about the law's future, stating, "Most of the US, Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals victories that we've seen that preserve America and protect religious freedom usually start out with a bad ruling at the lower court, and it's going to be no different in this case with the Texas 10 Commandments law, which eventually will be upheld at the court of appeals of the US Supreme Court."

Texas is the largest state attempting this requirement, while similar laws have been blocked by a federal appeals court in Louisiana and Arkansas.