SB 850 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

School curriculum; directing certain history component to include certain information about the founding fathers. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 850 requires Oklahoma public school teachers to include specific primary source quotes from founding figures in US history courses, emphasizing Christianity's role in America's founding. The bill mandates teaching that the Constitution was "made only for a moral and religious people" and directs educators to use 14 prescribed quotes from figures like John Adams, George Washington, and Noah Webster. It specifies including content about the "original intent of the founding fathers" and the "influence of the Ten Commandments and the Bible" on founding documents. The law applies to all public school US history curriculum and takes immediate effect as an emergency measure.
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Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025
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