Articles
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Education
Lawmakers mum as mother struggles to find open-transfer spot
Even as parents are voicing frustration with the system, education leaders in the Oklahoma House of Representatives have responded with silence.Ray Carter | March 8, 2022
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Culture & the Family
OCPA mourns the passing of founder Dr. David Brown
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs mourns the passing of its founder and chairman emeritus Dr. David Brown, who died on March 2 at the age of 95.Staff | March 8, 2022
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Law & Principles
Senators ban union freeloading on state pension system
Employees of a teachers’ union who do not work for a public school would be banned from receiving state teachers’ retirement benefits tied to their time spent away from the school system, under a bill that has passed the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 7, 2022
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Higher Education
OU group places menstrual products in men’s bathrooms
How radical is the gender ideology in higher education? The group OU’s Women’s Health Advocacy recently placed menstrual products in men’s bathrooms.Brandon Dutcher | March 7, 2022
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Education
O’Connor seeks answers to feds labeling parents ‘terrorists’
Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor is participating in a 14-state effort to force the Biden administration to comply with federal open-records laws regarding an effort to target school parents using anti-terrorism laws.Ray Carter | March 4, 2022
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Criminal Justice
Sentencing reform headed to full Senate
A major overhaul of Oklahoma’s sentencing laws now awaits a vote from the full state Senate after it gained approval in two committees.Ray Carter | March 4, 2022
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma lawmakers vote to bar males from women’s sports
Only biological females could compete in girls’ sporting events at Oklahoma schools under legislation approved by a state House committee.Ray Carter | March 4, 2022
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Education
Major school-choice expansion headed to Senate floor
A bill that would provide the most significant expansion of school-choice opportunity in Oklahoma history has won approval from a Senate committee and will next go before the entire Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 2, 2022
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Education
OCPA statement on SB 1647 passage
Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, issued the following statement today in response to passage of Senate Bill 1647 out of the Senate Appropriations Committee.Sheridan Betts | March 2, 2022
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Education
Student civil-rights protection advances
Legislation to address civil-rights concerns in Oklahoma schools by allowing the state attorney general to investigate complaints has won easy approval in a state House committee.Ray Carter | March 2, 2022