A new state superintendent is in for the Department of Education for Oklahoma. He has decided to rescind a policy that the old regime was trying to put in place.

Back in June of 2024, Ryan Walters was trying to put a bible into every classroom in the state of Oklahoma from 5th to 12th grade. The policy received some push back wondering where the money for these bibles was going to come from. In recent months, donations of bibles were coming in to be placed in schools, but the Oklahoma Supreme Court received a lawsuit about bibles going into public classrooms.

New Superintendent Stops Bible Policy in Oklahoma Schools

The Oklahoma Supreme Court put a pause on the policy, but Superintendent Ryan Walters stepped down from his position a few weeks ago and a man by the name of Lindel Fields is now in this position. He announced today with this ongoing lawsuit, he has no interest in pushing forward with this program for a bible in every Oklahoma classroom.

Fields was given two weeks to make a decision if he wanted to keep this policy that the former superintendent was trying to put in place, but it looks like Mr. Fields is going to focus on other needs in the Oklahoma Department of Education. It was estimated that if no donations came in for the bibles. It would cost around 3 million dollars to put a bible in every classroom in the state from 5th to 12th grade.

Mr. Fields said in his statement he's working on the budget and it looks like that three million will not be a factor in his budget.