The requirement “would support a system of religion” in schools, violating the state constitution, the lawsuit said.

A group of Oklahoma parents of public school students, teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the state’s top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students in grades 5 through 12.

Dozens of of parents, teachers and faith leaders are suing Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters for mandating Bible instruction in classrooms.

Petitioners behind the lawsuit include religious leaders, public school teachers and parents in Oklahoma who argue the measure is harmful.

More than 30 parents, teachers and faith leaders filed a lawsuit in the Oklahoma Supreme Court Thursday over State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ directive to require Bibles in every classroom and to use them as an instructional resource.

A coalition of parents, students, teachers and faith leaders are asking the state’s highest court to block the state superintendent’s mandate to teach the Bible in public schools and his

Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters is being sued by dozens of Oklahomans over his classroom Bible mandate that some critics have claimed is a backdoor plot to enrich former President Donald Trump. Local news station KOCO reports that 32 state residents,

A Tulsa attorney is one of eight representing nearly 30 people who are suing to stop a Bible mandate issued by the State Department of Education. It calls for $3 million to be spent to buy Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms.