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Education
OCPA opposes changes to HB 1935
OCPA President Jonathan Small issued the following statement today on Senate changes to House Bill 1935, which had previously offered a truly universal school choice program to parents, students and families everywhere in Oklahoma.Staff | March 27, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
State Board of Education approves parent rights regulations
Citing their obligation to enforce existing state laws, members of the State Board of Ed adopted regulations bolstering parents’ rights to review their child’s classroom materials and school-library content, and banning school officials from withholding information about a child from parents.Ray Carter | March 24, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
OCPA praises AG Drummond for shutting down school discrimination
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs President Jonathan Small today praised Attorney General Gentner Drummond for his efforts to prevent illegal discrimination against private-school students in athletic competitions.Staff | March 23, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
OCPA praises House lawmakers for defending parents’ rights
OCPA President Jonathan Small today praised members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for voting to prevent school officials from discussing sexual issues with young children.Staff | March 23, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
Senate votes to move school-board elections to November
Saying the extremely low voter turnout in odd-timed spring elections has often untethered school board members from the parents they are supposed to serve, members of the Oklahoma Senate have voted to move those elections to the November general-election ballot.Ray Carter | March 23, 2023
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Education
Effort to improve high-school outcomes clears House
An effort to boost Oklahoma’s academic outcomes by requiring schools to provide more support to high-school students who do not meet career-and-college readiness benchmarks has gained approval from the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | March 22, 2023
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Education
Bill to highlight MLK’s strategies in schools advances
Legislation requiring that Oklahoma students be provided an opportunity to learn about the principles Martin Luther King, Jr., relied on during the civil-rights era has passed out of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | March 22, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
House advances ban on sex-ed and transgender lessons
By an overwhelming margin, members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have voted to prohibit classroom lessons on sexual orientation or gender identity in Oklahoma elementary schools.Ray Carter | March 21, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Union advises teachers to hide information from parents
Even with recent Oklahoma laws restricting access to school bathrooms based on sex and preventing males from competing in girls’ sports as transgender females, a guidebook provided by the OEA to its members advises teachers to do the opposite.Ray Carter | March 16, 2023
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Education
Per-pupil public-school funds exceed private-school tuition
Based on a review of 87 private schools in Oklahoma, available data shows most private schools charge tuition rates far below the per-pupil spending that occurs in public schools, and many private-school students are not scions of generational wealth.Ray Carter | March 15, 2023