Oklahoma's new State Superintendent of Schools has announced he is reversing the policy of his predecessor Ryan Walters' plans to distribute Bibles to every Oklahoma classroom and incorporate Biblical stories into the curriculum. Walters' plans are the subject of pending litigation in the Oklahoma Supreme Court. In an October 15 press release captioned "Update on Bibles in Classroom and Pending Lawsuits", Superintendent Lindel Fields said in part:
A recent court order seeks the filing of a status update by October 28....
"We plan to file a motion to dismiss, and have no plans to distribute Bibles or a Biblical character education curriculum in classrooms....
News9 reports on these developments. [Thanks to Thomas Rutledge for the lead.]
