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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump education secretary hopeful floats national mandate to require Bibles in school classrooms

Donald Trump’s potential education secretary pick has floated the idea of a national mandate to require Bibles in classrooms.

Oklahoma’s chief school official Ryan Walters, one of the names rumored to be in the running to become the next education secretary, did not reject the idea of rolling out the controversial policy across schools nationwide when it was put to him on Tuesday.

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