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Higher Education, Economy, Culture & the Family
Amid workforce shortage, OU touts ‘queer sexperts’
To reduce or eliminate the anticipated worker shortage in Oklahoma, officials have often touted the importance of the state’s college system. Meanwhile, the University of Oklahoma recently sent an email to all students informing them of a Name Change workshop for queer, trans, nonbinary individuals, and a Queer Sexperts program.Ray Carter | March 20, 2023
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Economy
Stitt, DeSantis, fight back against anti-energy policies
Gov. Kevin Stitt is one of 19 governors pushing back against President Joe Biden’s efforts to indirectly defund domestic energy production by imposing so-called “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) restrictions on investment of certain retirement funds.Ray Carter | March 17, 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
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Education
Oklahoma private schools—tuition and ACT scores
The following list of private schools in Oklahoma contains current-year reported tuition figures and publicly reported ACT averages where applicable and available.Ray Carter | March 15, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
Senate votes to reform state scholarship program
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have voted to streamline the process for children to qualify for the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities (LNH) program and to also expand the program to homeless children.Ray Carter | March 13, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
Effort to prevent union coercion advances
Oklahoma schools would be required to make certain, on an annual basis, that teacher employees want to continue having union dues withheld from their paychecks under legislation approved by the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 13, 2023
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Law & Principles
Black lawmakers say nondiscrimination measure is racist
In an Oklahoma state Capitol press conference, a group of black Democratic lawmakers derided as racist a law that prohibits teaching that members of one race are “inherently superior” to another race.Ray Carter | March 9, 2023
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma state lawmaker censured for harboring fugitive at Capitol
By an overwhelming margin, members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have voted to censure state Rep. Mauree Turner for harboring a fugitive who was involved in an assault on a Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper.Ray Carter | March 7, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma Senate restricts pornographic materials in school libraries
Oklahoma school libraries would be required to restrict children’s access to materials based on the age-appropriateness of materials, following public outcry after numerous reports of sexually graphic and pornographic materials in many schools, under legislation approved by the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 7, 2023