Austin, Texas - The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is looking into complaints of religious freedom violations in public schools.
The civil rights group Thursday filed an open records request with Navasota Independent School District as part of an ongoing statewide investigation.
ACLU attorney Fleming Terrell says the organization has received complaints about teachers participating in religious extracurricular clubs and displaying crosses, and about Gideon Bibles being distributed in Navasota schools.
Terrell says the ACLU is concerned the school district in southeast Texas is intentionally flouting the First Amendment.
School district officials did not immediately respond to a message left by The Associated Press.