Overview

• New Superintendent Lindel Fields said the Education Department will not distribute Bibles or a Bible-based character curriculum in public classrooms.
• Fields announced the department will file a motion to dismiss litigation stemming from the prior administration’s directives.
• The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered a status update by Oct. 28 at 5 p.m., and plaintiffs will have 10 days to respond.
• Former Superintendent Ryan Walters initiated the mandate in 2024, issuing instructional guidelines and later seeking bids for character manuals.
• The court earlier blocked Walters’ plan to buy and distribute Bibles, and his Oct. 1 resignation was cited as part of significant turnover triggering the new order.