Oklahoma State Superintendent Lindel Fields announced Wednesday he will reverse several initiatives launched by former Superintendent Ryan Walters, including a Bible distribution plan now tied up in court.

Fields said his immediate plan includes filing a motion to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit and halting Walters’ proposal to “distribute Bibles or a Biblical character education curriculum in classrooms,” according to the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

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The mandate previously faced a lawsuit filed by a group of Oklahomans, who argued it imposes upon students' religious liberty.

That lawsuit was filed against Walters and five State Board of Education members, none of whom still hold their positions.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered Fields to determine whet

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