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Oklahoma Superintendent Pushes Bible Plan Amid Funding Crisis

5/23/2025

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Oklahoma's State Superintendent Ryan Walters is determined to place Bibles in every classroom by fall, even as he faces a $3 million funding shortfall. His contentious education reforms, which include teaching debunked claims about the 2020 election, have sparked lawsuits and fierce backlash from parents, teachers, and some lawmakers in this largely Republican state.

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Oklahoma's State Superintendent Ryan Walters is determined to place Bibles in every classroom by fall, even as he faces a $3 million funding shortfall. His contentious education reforms, which include teaching debunked claims about the 2020 election, have sparked lawsuits and fierce backlash from parents, teachers, and some lawmakers in this largely Republican state.