Bidders were notified Thursday the state’s solicitation had been canceled. Dan Isett, a spokesman for the Education Department, didn’t explain why.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education canceled its search for bids to purchase 55,000 Bibles for classrooms. OSDE opened bids in October to buy Bibles. State Supt. Ryan Walters wanted them ...
“I’m proud to join this lawsuit because I believe Superintendent Walters’ plan to use taxpayer money to buy Bibles and force public schools to teach from them is illegal and unconstitutional ...
The solicitation followed Walters’ mandate that a Bible be placed in every Oklahoma public school classroom and that all schools teach from the Bible.
With little explanation, the Department of Education canceled its search for a vendor to supply 55,000 Bibles for public school classrooms.