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Oklahoma will not distribute Bibles in classrooms, says Superintendent (www.news9.com)

submitted 1 month ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/news@lemmy.world

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Oklahoma State Superintendent Lindel Fields announced Wednesday he will reverse several initiatives launched by former Superintendent Ryan Walters, including a Bible distribution plan now tied up in court.

Fields said his immediate plan includes filing a motion to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit and halting Walters’ proposal to “distribute Bibles or a Biblical character education curriculum in classrooms,” according to the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

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[–] rainwall@piefed.social 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is excellent news, even as it hits "no duh" status.

Fields’ statement also mentioned that the timing aligns with a broader fiscal audit underway at the department, noting “the timing is fortunate, since the team and I are currently reviewing the budget.”

The statement ends with addressing the possible resources which could be left to be allocated, to which Supt. Fields mentions how "the timing is fortunate, since the team and I are currently reviewing the budget."

Two paragraphs right after each other in the article. Somebody at the paper should review the budget so they can afford to proof copy before hitting publish.

Jesus, it does it again:

State law requires that when a public officer named in a lawsuit leaves office, the case transfers to their successor —

Then 3 paragraphs later

Thompson said the Supreme Court ordered an update by Oct. 28 since the previous respondents left office and the matter now legally transfers to their successor.

Seems like this is just AI generated, likely from jumbling up another papers reporting.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago

AI rehashing wouldn't normally do that, at least not if it generates the article in one go. In my experience this is from multiple editing passes and no review.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Was going to post the following link in new post, but will simply add the additional resource to this post instead:

https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-schools-bible-mandate-superintendent-630b2f706731224a070d7fef6a35b7d8

This is great news for Oklahoma at a time when bad news seems to be the most pervasive.