Some schools in Arkansas are putting up “In God We Trust” signs.
However, the condition is that the signs must be donated as opposed to being paid for with public funds.
The 222 posters placed into Pea Ridge Schools were donated and hung up in schools across the district.
The posters came from the American History and Heritage Foundation.
Mark Laster of the Pea Ridge Schools said the district is following the new law.
“Anytime there is a new law, you are going to have opinions and they have a right to their opinion,” Laster said. “But it doesn’t change what we do as a public school and what we do here is follow the law.”
Almost 900 signs in total were provided to Bentonville Schools.
“In God We Trust” is the official motto of the United States.
However, some people aren’t happy.
“We are now sliding down a hill,” Bentonville resident Casey Goodman told KNWA. “There are other religions inside schools besides Christianity. Have these outside people looked at a classroom nowadays? It is not just a bunch of white kids.”
The posters or framed copy must include an accurate representation of the United States flag as well as the Arkansas state flag.
Rep. Kimberly Daniels, a Democrat from Jacksonville, had said prior to a vote of advancement in February that the state needed to address “issues of the heart.”
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