Oklahoma officials move to require Bible be taught in public schools

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma school superintendents received a memorandum from State Superintendent Ryan Walters instructing them to add lessons on the Bible to the foundational texts in the state's school curriculum.

Walters said the directive would be in alignment with the educational standards approved in 2019, and ordered all districts to comply, Scripps News Tulsa reported.Walters said, “Without basic knowledge of it, Oklahoma students are unable to properly contextualize the foundation of our nation which is why Oklahoma educational standards provide for its instruction."

Walters told schools in the state the Bible is one of the most historically significant books and a cornerstone of Western civilization, along with the Ten Commandments. Officials with Oklahoma Department of Education said the state agency may supply religious materials to ensure uniformity across schools it controls.

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