{"id":751945,"date":"2025-10-16T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&#038;p=751945"},"modified":"2025-10-16T00:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:44:17","slug":"education-watch-is-this-the-end-of-walters-bible-mandates","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/newsletter\/education-watch-is-this-the-end-of-walters-bible-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Watch: Is this the end of Walters&#8217; Bible mandates?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/newsletters\/\">Sign up<\/a>&nbsp;now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In an unusual move, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the Department of Education to provide an update. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Will the new state superintendent withdraw his predecessor&#8217;s edict to teach from the Bible and efforts to spend taxpayer money on Bibles and character manuals?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Court gave Lindel Fields, who replaced Ryan Walters as superintendent this month, a couple of weeks to decide. But Fields didn&#8217;t wait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, in a written statement, he said he has no plans to distribute Bibles or Biblical character education curriculum to classrooms. And his agency plans to file a motion to dismiss the legal challenge. Read more in <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/10\/16\/no-plans-to-distribute-bibles-to-public-school-classrooms-new-superintendent-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my latest story<\/a> for Oklahoma Watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Readers: Education Watch will be taking a break next week. Thanks for your understanding. In the meantime, please send story ideas, comments and questions via <a href=\"mailto:jpalmer@oklahomawatch.org\">email<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size\">\u2014 Jennifer Palmer<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oerb.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Powered-by-the-people-of-Oklahoma-Oil-and-Natural-Gas.png?resize=600%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-736277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Powered-by-the-people-of-Oklahoma-Oil-and-Natural-Gas.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, 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provides&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/news\/education\/2024\/11\/17\/many-oklahoma-high-schools-still-no-ap-classes\/76331915007\/\">dozens of Oklahoma school districts<\/a>&nbsp;with Advanced Placement classes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/news\/education\/2025\/10\/14\/oklahoma-ap-online-classes-horizon-needs-funding-statewide-charter-school-board\/86681677007\/?emci=52eec9a2-cea9-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&amp;emdi=ec6b3f41-d2a9-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&amp;ceid=1105042\">[The Oklahoman]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Computer hacker and former college student Matthew Lane \u2014 who was a teenager when he carried out a massive cyberattack on education technology company PowerSchool \u2014 was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $14 million in restitution.&nbsp;<a 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