Overview

• State Superintendent Lindel Fields said he will not distribute Bibles or a biblical character curriculum and will move to dismiss the pending case.
• The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered a status report by Oct. 28 at 5 p.m., after which plaintiffs will have 10 days to respond.
• Fields signaled decisions on classroom materials will rest with local districts, many of which had declined to implement the directive.
• The education department is reviewing other Walters-era mandates, including controversial social studies standards and an ideology test proposal for some teacher applicants.
• Former superintendent Ryan Walters criticized the reversal on social media; earlier efforts under his tenure included a Lee Greenwood partnership and about $25,000 spent on roughly 532 specialty Bibles.