The changes come after the nonprofit news outlet Oklahoma Watch published a story that chronicled how the Education Department's original request to purchase 55,000 Bibles appeared to be written for a specific copy of the Bible: the Lee Greenwood "God Bless the USA" edition of the Bible, which has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

After the controversy over the state’s specifications for school Bibles, the Oklahoma State Department of Education changed its criteria to allow the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, the Declaration of Independence,