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Law & Principles
OCPA 2022 legislative scorecard: Watch list update (March 1 2022)
This is an updated watch list of bills that are eligible to be included on OCPA’s legislative scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2022 legislative session.Staff | March 1, 2022
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Law & Principles
Lawmakers support First Amendment training for Oklahoma college leaders
College leaders would be required to undergo First Amendment training under legislation that has passed out of a state House committee.Ray Carter | February 28, 2022
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Education
Cobb, Small spar in school-choice forum
Public-school failures are often cited as justification for allowing state funds to instead follow a child to any school, which would give families greater leverage in education and allow them to choose from an array of options, including private schools.Ray Carter | February 25, 2022
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Education
Oklahoma voters want school freedom
The evidence continues to pile up: Oklahoma voters want educational freedom.Brandon Dutcher | February 25, 2022
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Education
Homeschoolers for school choice
If we want to save our country, we need to do something different.Trent England | February 25, 2022
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Culture & the Family
COVID numbers plunge as Oklahoma economy remains strong
When Gov. Kevin Stitt gave his State of the State address to lawmakers on Feb. 7, he highlighted the fact that Oklahoma was not among the states that significantly shut down their economies in response to COVID-19.Ray Carter | February 24, 2022
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Education
More whistleblowers emerge from Bowring school district
Two employees of the Bowring school district previously reported that students in the district have been emotionally abused so severely that multiple children have become suicidal, and that school administration has done nothing to address the problem.Ray Carter | February 24, 2022
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Education
School library concerns growing in Oklahoma
Growing awareness of school-library content—including graphic depictions of rape and incest, along with behavior that would get students expelled in most districts—has prompted parental concern and associated legislative responses this year.Ray Carter | February 23, 2022
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Education
Stitt stands with parents
In his State of the State address, Gov. Kevin Stitt made clear he stands with parents before bureaucrats. That was a shock for status-quo defenders but welcome news to families.Jonathan Small | February 23, 2022
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Education
School transparency measure clears Oklahoma Senate
Legislation that would require public reporting on administrative spending in public schools, including a comparison of academic outcomes and spending in comparable districts, has won easy passage out of the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | February 21, 2022