Superintendent Lindel Fields recently announced that he would not move forward with Walters’ plans to require a Bible in every Oklahoma public school classroom. Today, he clarified that Bibles are still available in school libraries and on school computers.
“Last week’s decision does not remove Bibles from our schools,” Fields wrote. “It simply removes the expectation that teachers will use the Bible as curriculum for all grade levels and subjects.”
In his message to educators, Fields also clarified that the “America First Teacher Test” from PragerU is not a requirement for any Oklahoma teaching certification. In July, Walters announced he planned to require new teachers from states with “progressive education policies” to take the test, aiming to weed out “radical leftist ideology that California and New York have fostered.”
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