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Posts Misrepresent States’ Efforts to Teach the Bible in Public Schools

Posts Misrepresent States’ Efforts to Teach the Bible in Public Schools

Oklahoma’s state superintendent ordered public schools to incorporate the Bible as “an instructional support into the curriculum.” But social media posts have shared the inaccurate claim that “Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana all ordered that the Bible be taught in public schools.” Louisiana and Texas haven’t issued such an order.