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Education
State mandate could have closed COVID-free schools
The Oklahoma State Board of Education recently opted against imposing state mandates that dictate how school districts should handle COVID-19 response, including forced closure of schools, and opted instead to provide guidance.Ray Carter | August 4, 2020
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Schools face new expenses, increased funding, from COVID
Oklahoma schools face unexpected costs due to COVID-19. But they are also benefiting from substantial one-time funding due to the pandemic.Ray Carter | July 31, 2020
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Education
Stitt endorses in-person schooling
Voicing strong support for in-person instruction in Oklahoma schools, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Thursday that federal funds will pay the cost of masks, shields, gloves, and gowns at districts across the state, and that all teachers will be tested for COVID-19 each month.Ray Carter | July 30, 2020
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OKC public schools training equates racism to COVID-19
A mental-health training event conducted this week by Oklahoma City Public Schools declares that violence against racial minorities is a pandemic comparable to COVID-19.Ray Carter | July 27, 2020
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Education
School’s response to student abuse raises questions
Officials from the Oologah-Talala Public Schools, recently rebuked by the State Board of Education for failing to take seriously repeated accusations of sexual misconduct by teachers, provided an update to state board members during the group’s Thursday meeting.Ray Carter | July 23, 2020
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Education
No statewide COVID mandates for schools
Members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted to approve a set of statewide recommendations to aid schools in developing responses to local COVID-19 infection rates, but declined to impose those recommendations as new state mandates.Ray Carter | July 23, 2020
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Education
Oklahoma teacher union attacks aid to low-income and minority students
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s plan to use a small portion of the state’s federal COVID funding to address the education needs of some students has drawn both praise and criticism.Ray Carter | July 20, 2020
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Education
Education opportunity to increase statewide under Stitt plan
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Friday he will use millions of dollars in federal COVID funds to increase educational opportunity across Oklahoma.Ray Carter | July 17, 2020
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Union praises Oklahoma Republican for working with Democrats
The Oklahoma affiliate of a national labor union that has endorsed Democratic candidates such as Joe Biden and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given an award to a member of Oklahoma House Republican leadership, praising his work with Democrats.Ray Carter | July 16, 2020
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Education
U.S. Supreme Court upholds tax-credit scholarship program
In a ruling with implications for Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court has found that Montana government officials cannot prevent children who participate in a state tax-credit scholarship program from using their scholarships to attend religiously affiliated private schools.Ray Carter | June 30, 2020