Plaintiffs in a lawsuit over state Superintendent Ryan Walters' attempt to buy Bibles are challenging his Bible-donation plan for schools.

The plaintiffs were represented by several groups including Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, the ACLU of Oklahoma Foundat

A court order issued Monday bars Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, the Department of Education, the Board of Education and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services from further implementing or enforcing Walters’ Bible mandate until a lawsuit over the Bibles is resolved.

Supreme Court has halted so-called “request for proposals” for Bibles and Bible curriculum sought by state Superintendent Ryan Walters.

In the plaintiffs' filing, they specifically ask the court to prohibit actions which would place Bibles in public classrooms.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Monday the state government must stop requesting bids for a plan to purchase Bibles for public schools.

The group of 30 parents, teachers and faith leaders say the campaign is a new way of trying to foist Bibles onto public school classrooms after his previous attempt was paused.

Oklahoma’s top education official, Ryan Walters, is vowing to ‘continue fighting to ensure students have access to this foundational text in

Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction, says he won’t back down from trying to place Bibles in classrooms across his state. Last year, Walters issued a mandate for schools to incorporate lessons on the Bible in grades 5 through 12.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has issued a stay that blocks any further work by the state’s purchasing agency on contracts related to the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s efforts to buy Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms.