House Speaker Charles McCall gave a stern warning to the Senate on Thursday: Hear the House’s education package “as is,” or any Senate education bills will be dead on arrival when they come to the House.
Gentner Drummond says his investigation into misuse of pandemic funds will now focus on individuals.
Incoming State Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walters has tendered his resignation from the helm of a nonprofit whose donors include advocates for education privatization and charter schools.
Similar programs in other states have seen legal challenges and criticisms that they mostly benefit the wealthy.
Some news reports on book bans have lacked nuance and context, or contained factual errors. Statements by public officials sometimes repeated inaccurate information.
Auditors found problems with Oklahoma’s COVID-19 relief programs for students. It’s causing delays in spending additional funds.
The Board of Education voted to downgrade Tulsa schools’ accreditation status without reviewing the evidence.
Lax oversight of Gov. Stitt’s Bridge the Gap Digital Wallet program allowed parents to spend educational funds on TVs and other items. Oklahoma officials on Friday filed a lawsuit against ClassWallet, which it hired to handle the program.
