The Oklahoma Supreme Court has declined to temporarily block the state’s new social studies standards from going into effect.

The court denied a request for a stay from the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which had filed a lawsuit asking the court to decide if the standards violate the state constitution and to keep them from taking effect until a decision was made.

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The lawsuit claims Walters, the Department of Education and the Board of Education violated the Open Meeting Act, also saying the agenda provided in February had no notice to the public that the Board would be considering a different version than what was originally posted last December.

The suit declares the

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