Following up on his Christian Nationalist command that schools indoctrinate students on the Bible during lessons, Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters told NBC News that he would revoke teachers’ licenses if they failed to obey.
“Any teacher that would knowingly, willfully disobey the law and disobey our standards — there are repercussions for that,” Walters said. “So we deal with that on a case-by-case basis, but yes, teachers have to teach Oklahoma Academic Standards and this is absolutely going to be part of them.”
Oklahoma’s Attorney General, however, noted that while teachers are already permitted to use the Bible as an educational reference in the state, Walters’ order has no legitimacy. “There is no legal authority for a memo from the Superintendent to require content,” a spokesperson said.