Voters in 10 States Weigh 17 School Ballot Measures as Prayer and Trans Bans Lead
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 13
Voters in 10 States Weigh 17 School Ballot Measures as Prayer and Trans Bans Lead
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 13
Summary
Seventeen education-related ballot measures in 10 states will go before midterm voters, with the biggest fights centered on constitutional amendments over school prayer and transgender athletes.
Alabama voters will decide whether to require public K-12 schools to allow student-led prayer at the start of each day, recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily and, in a separate measure, air the national anthem weekly.
Nebraska will weigh locking into its constitution an existing ban on transgender students playing on girls’ and women’s teams; backers say that would shield the policy from future political or legal reversal.
This year’s 19 K-12 and higher-education initiatives mark the highest midterm total since 2018, driven largely by transgender-athlete measures also appearing in Washington, Colorado and Arizona.
The push aligns with a broader conservative effort: the Trump administration has backed religious expression in schools and threatened funding against states or schools that let transgender students compete on female-designated teams.