"The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that former state education head Ryan Walters' attempt to force Christian Nationalist propaganda into public school social studies curriculum violated the state's Open Meeting Act. Walters, who quit before the end of his term to work for a right-wing group that opposes "woke teachers' unions," called the court's decision an "incredibly aggressive attack on Christianity, the bible, [and] on President Trump.""
"In June 2024, Walters and the Oklahoma State Board of Education (OSBE) issued a guidance saying that K-12 lessons should focus on the Bible's influence on history, literature, music, and other arts and culture. Walters' guidance mandated that every classroom contain a physical copy of the Bible, as well as copies of the Ten Commandments, the U.S. Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence."
The Oklahoma Supreme Court found that former state education chief Ryan Walters violated the Open Meeting Act by failing to provide proper public notice for proposed curriculum changes. Walters and the State Board of Education issued guidance requiring K–12 lessons to emphasize the Bible's influence and mandating physical copies of the Bible, Ten Commandments, Constitution, and Declaration in classrooms. Walters pushed future social studies texts to include inaccurate claims about Christianity's role in the founding, disproven 2020 election conspiracies, and a lab-origin COVID theory. The proposed new textbooks would cost taxpayers $33 million, and plaintiffs sued over rule-making notice violations.
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