State school board member, lawmakers raise legal concerns over Walters’ proposed Bible purchases
An Oklahoma State School Board member and multiple state lawmakers voiced concerns Thursday after State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced he would like the state to give his agency an additional $3 million in taxpayer dollars to purchase New King James version Bibles to put in public school classrooms.
Ryan Walters calls for additional $3M to purchase Bibles for classrooms in proposed budget
Oklahoma state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters called for an additional $3 million in the upcoming year's budget to provide Bibles in classrooms.
Ryan Walters Seeks $3M for Bibles in Oklahoma Classrooms
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters started September’s State Board of Education (OSDE) meeting by requesting a budget increase for the next school year. Specifically, Ryan Walters seeks $3 million to supply Bibles to all classrooms in the state.
Mixed reactions from lawmakers as Ryan Walters seeks $3 million for Bibles in classrooms
As part of that budget proposal, State Superintendent Ryan Walters is asking lawmakers for $3 million to put Bibles in Oklahoma classrooms. We're hearing mixed reactions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle,
State Superintendent Ryan Walters asking state lawmakers to double Bible-buying budget
State Superintendent Ryan Walters asking state lawmakers to double Bible-buying budget
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Walters asks Oklahoma lawmakers for $3 million in public funds to buy Bibles
Oklahoma’s top education official and school board will ask the state Legislature for an extra $3 million in public funds to ...
Why Some Christians Don’t Want to Bring the Bible Into Public Schools
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Superintendent Ryan Walters wants to spend $6 million to put Bibles in Oklahoma classrooms
At Thursday’s State Board of Education meeting, State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced in his annual budget proposal $3 ...
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Walters seeks $3 million to buy Bibles for classrooms
Walters said he’d like to see the New King James Version of the Bible become the standard edition provided to schools.
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First Nations New Testament follows tradition of Indigenous storytelling
That’s how John 3:16 sounds in the First Nations Version (FNV) of the New Testament, a “retelling of Creator’s Story” that follows in the tradition of Indigenous storytelling. The idea for the FNV ...
Museum of the Bible unveils world’s ‘oldest Jewish book’ in new exhibit
In a new exhibit, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. has unveiled what it says is the oldest Jewish book ever ...
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Oklahoma State Board of Education requests $3 million for Bibles — again
The Oklahoma State Board of Education submitted budget requests for the 2025 fiscal year during their regular meeting ...
How Mountaineers Books built a publishing empire from a textbook
Any good outdoors store likely has a copy of the Seattle-born bible of mountaineering. With that seminal text, Mountaineers ...
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Column: Putting Bibles in Oklahoma schools will never work
Oklahoma’s new law mandating Bible instruction in public schools violates the U.S. Constitution and courts should strike it ...
‘The Chosen’ Plans Biblical Universe: Moses and Joseph Shows, Plus Animated and Unscripted Spinoffs (EXCLUSIVE)
The Chosen' creator Dallas Jenkins launches 5&2 Studios to create a Biblical universe: Moses and Joseph shows; animated, ...