Oklahoma classrooms must have a Bible, state superintendent says

The new memorandum requires public schools in the state to also teach from a Bible.

A new Oklahoma directive mandates every teacher keep a Bible in the classroom. Photo: Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Bible must be incorporated into public Oklahoma classroom curriculums effective immediately, according to a new directive the state's superintendentto challenge the country's long-held doctrine of separation of church and state and seek public funding of religion in schools amid a conservative supermajority U.S. Supreme Court.

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