An Oklahoma state lawmaker has asked the attorney general to weigh in on the legality of using legislatively-appropriated funding to place Bibles in public school classrooms.
While Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, wrote that he has “no problem” with Bibles in classrooms, he requested an opinion from Attorney General Gentner Drummond. He outlined four questions regarding how state funds could be used for the purchase of Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms.
The request comes after Oklahoma’s top education official, state Superintendent Ryan Walters, revealed last month that he’s allocated $3 million to purchase Bibles and requested another $3 million in state funds to purchase more as part of the State Department of Education’s $4.1 billion budget request for fiscal year 2026.
A spokesperson for the Education Department said the $3 million is coming from payroll savings.
