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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma Republicans join Democrats to reduce parent role in school-board races
A handful of House Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to kill a bill that would have moved school-board elections to the November ballot. However, a similar bill remains alive.Ray Carter | February 20, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma lawmakers seek to protect teachers from union pressure
Oklahoma school officials would be prohibited from pressuring teachers to participate in union activities under legislation that has advanced from the Senate Education Committee.Ray Carter | February 20, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Bill restricting child exposure to porn clears committee
Legislation that would require porn sites to allow parents to block child access and require age verification has sailed through a state Senate committee with bipartisan support.Ray Carter | February 19, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma education group: Parents not ‘tuned in’ to school needs
An activist group has urged lawmakers to kill a bill that would move school-board elections to the November general-election ballot, claiming increased voter turnout would be bad because those additional voters are not “tuned in” to school needs.Ray Carter | February 16, 2024
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Law & Principles
Swope, Strom bills are an attack on parents
Some Oklahoma politicians think they should control how your children are raised.Jonathan Small | February 16, 2024
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Law & Principles
Ban RCV to prevent election disasters … like this one
Elections should be conducted so that voters can understand the process and trust the results. RCV fails this test. To avoid all these unnecessary risks, Oklahoma should protect our elections and ban RCV.Trent England | February 15, 2024
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Law & Principles
Online child-protections advance
Two measures intended to reduce online child exploitation and harm won easy approval in Oklahoma House committees this week.Ray Carter | February 14, 2024
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Law & Principles
OCPA Legislative Scorecard: Watch List
Here are a list of bills that are eligible to be included on the OCPA Legislative Scorecard for the 2024 legislative session.Staff | February 13, 2024
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Law & Principles
Ban on ranked-choice voting advances
Under a bill advanced by the House Elections and Ethics Committee, the practice of ranked-choice voting would not be allowed in Oklahoma elections.Ray Carter | February 12, 2024
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
OCPA praises court for protecting students from OSU retaliation
OCPA President Jonathan Small praised an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that preserves the right of students to challenge the constitutionality of Oklahoma State University policies without being identified by name.Staff | February 12, 2024