OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — A bid proposal for 55,000 Bibles was sent out after State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced his agency having and using $3 million for Bibles in the class.
“We were like wait, wait a minute,” said Oklahoma Watch reporter, Jennifer Palmer.
Palmer, Paul Monies, Heather Warlick, and the Oklahoma Watch team have been combing through the Department of Education’s Request for Proposal (RFP) for days. They discovered the money was coming from the department’s payroll services area per OSDE Communications Press Secretary Dan Isett.
“Dan Isett told us that yes, they are taking it from payroll services,” said Palmer. “We’ve been asking that question since after the meeting. I know how legislators appropriate money. And legislators did not appropriate $3 million for Bibles.”