Oklahoma schools may spend $3 million to put Trump-backed Bible in classrooms
Oklahoma schools may spend $3 million to put Trump-backed Bible in classrooms
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Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside St. John's Episcopal Church across Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 2020. (AFP via Getty Images)
**By The Associated Press**
Oklahoma’s top education official is aiming to purchase 55,000 Bibles for public schools, specifying that each copy must include the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. These documents are not typically found in standard Bibles but are included in one endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
This initiative is part of Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ ongoing push to require Bibles in every classroom, a move that has faced opposition from some of Oklahoma’s largest school districts.
