An attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says the state has given no valid reason to keep the report secret or delay its release.
Oklahoma gave a Florida company a no-bid contract to distribute $18 million in pandemic relief money as a test-run for school vouchers. Now federal investigators are eyeing the deal.
Public education faces increased scrutiny as some lawmakers vow to continue a push to divert more state money to private schools.
Proposals range from limits on discussing current events in the classroom to requiring schools to teach ‘Victims of Communism Day’ lessons.
Conservatives link school teachings on empathy to leftist indoctrination, keeping a hot-button culture war issue center stage.
Republicans hope to ride a new wave of education activism among conservatives in 2022.
The former lifelong Republican said she was motivated to switch parties because she disagrees with many of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s policies.
With schools legally barred from enacting mask mandates, data shows cases in school-age children are driving Oklahoma’s surging COVID-19 case load.
