Oklahoma superintendent: $3 million worth of Trump Bibles still 'going to happen' despite no funds
The Oklahoman
reports state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters is insisting every Oklahoma public school classroom will
have ‘Trump Bibles’ by fall, despite the Republican-controlled Legislature making
no room in the state budget to give him the $3 million he needs to purchase the books.
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the state’s 2026 budget, and while it does increase funding for Walters’ Oklahoma State Department of Education, there is no mention of Walters’ $3 million request for Bibles. Despite this, Walters says he is confident the books are inbound.
“The Legislature can put the money there or not," Walters said at a May 16 news conference. "We're going to have a Bible in every classroom this fall. So that's going to happen. So we're doing that. We've been very straightforward on how we're doing that.”