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Education
Too easy to understand? Committee targets A-F school grades
Citing concerns that the system is too easily understood by the public, members of a state House committee have voted to scrap A-F school grades that inform parents of how their local public school stacks up against other public schools.Ray Carter | February 28, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
Effort to boost turnout at school-board elections advances
In an effort to significantly increase voter turnout and input into local schools, lawmakers have advanced two bills that would shift school-board elections to a November general-election ballot.Ray Carter | February 28, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Teacher union seeks taxpayer funding of abortion
The National Education Association advises its state affiliates to demand coverage of abortion in collective-bargaining agreements.Ray Carter | February 28, 2023
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Education
Career teachers are scant in the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame
The Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame is filled with the names of school administrators, politicians, union leaders, and lobbyists. Fewer than 10 percent of the inductees are career classroom teachers.Ray Carter | February 24, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma House passes school-choice legislation
Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have approved an $800 million education package that includes a half-billion dollars in new funding for public schools and $300 million in refundable tax credits for families that choose to send a child to private school or homeschool.Ray Carter | February 23, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
Lawmakers vote to streamline charter-school process
State senators have voted to streamline the process for public charter schools to obtain sponsors, potentially shaving months off the application period required to open a new school.Ray Carter | February 21, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Limits on school sex-ed and transgender lessons advance
Oklahoma public schools would be barred from giving young children lessons focused on sexual orientation or gender identity while those students are in elementary school under legislation that has passed a state House committee.Ray Carter | February 21, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
School library book-rating system clears committee
Children’s access to school-library books would be limited to age-appropriate material, with routine review of library content required, under legislation approved by a state Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 21, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
Thanks to responsible planning, tax cuts and school choice now possible
Oklahoma’s financial position today allows for effective policy change, including tax cuts and universal school choice.Jonathan Small | February 21, 2023
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Education
Important facts to know about Oklahoma education
Oklahoma’s 2023 legislative session is underway and already the education issue is prominent. Here are some important facts to know about our state’s public education system.Curtis Shelton | February 17, 2023