US EditionNew Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools
New Superintendent Lindel Fields will leave Bible inclusion decisions to local districts and plans to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the mandate, officials said.
- Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent rescinded the mandate from his predecessor to incorporate the Bible into classroom lesson plans.
- The former superintendent's directive drew condemnation from civil rights groups and a lawsuit that is pending before the state Supreme Court.
- The new superintendent believes the decision on the Bible's use in classrooms should be left to individual districts and spending money on Bibles is not the best use of taxpayer resources.
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Oklahoma halts Bible distribution plan in public schools
Oklahoma’s new state superintendent says he will not move forward with his predecessor’s plan to distribute Bibles in public classrooms, according to reports. The decision comes after the Oklahoma Supreme Court gave Superintendent Lindel Fields until Oct. 28 to decide on the matter. "We plan to file a motion to dismiss, and have no plans to distribute Bibles or a Biblical character education curriculum in classrooms,” Fields said in a statement,…
OSDE says goodbye to Bible mandate, eyes Social Studies Standards next
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The new Oklahoma State Department of Education is turning away from many of Ryan Walters' mandates, including the mandate that every class have a Bible and teachers teach from it. "I am very pleased to see the superintendent abandon the anti-woke culture war. It didn't work for Ryan Walters, and it's not a good look going forward," said A.P. U.S. History teacher Aaron Baker. Baker was one of many teachers who got the Trump…
Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools
Oklahoma’s new public schools superintendent announced Wednesday he is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to place Bibles in classrooms and incorporate the book into lesson plans for students. Superintendent Lindel Fields said in a statement he has “no plans to distribute Bibles or a Biblical character education curriculum in classrooms.” The directive last year from former Superintendent Ryan Walters drew immediate co…
New Superintendent Rescinds Oklahoma Schools Bible Mandate
Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent announced Wednesday he is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to place Bibles in classrooms and incorporate the book into lesson plans for students.
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