New superintendent has no plans to distribute Bibles to classrooms

State Superintendent of Schools Lindel Fields said he’ll abandon his predecessor’s attempt to buy Bibles for public schools and wants a legal challenge over the Bibles dismissed.

Fields, appointed this month to fulfill the remainder of Ryan Walters’ term, said in a written statement Wednesday he has no plans to distribute Bibles or a Biblical character education curriculum to classrooms.

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