Articles
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Budget & Tax
Stitt wins on vetoes as lawmakers agree to tax-cut session
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s last-minute vetos and call to instead enact meaningful tax cuts has been met with agreement from legislative leaders. But state House leaders made clear they aren’t happy about it.Ray Carter | May 27, 2022
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Education
Some Oklahoma districts seek shorter school year
While most states require 180 days of instruction, some Oklahoma school districts seek a shorter school year than the minimum 165 days required under Oklahoma law.Ray Carter | May 27, 2022
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Law & Principles
Stitt announces vetoes, calls for ‘real inflation relief’
Inflation is costing households $5,200 per year. In response, Oklahoma legislative leaders want to mail taxpayers a $75 check. Gov. Kevin Stitt says the state can do better, and vowed to fight for real tax cuts.Ray Carter | May 26, 2022
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma House supports new school standards promoting abortion?
Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have approved legislation that would force the State Board of Education to adopt new academic standards for health education.Ray Carter | May 25, 2022
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Law & Principles
McGirt mess continues to grow
All Oklahomans drive on the same roads and can access the same public-school system. But thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling, some Oklahomans may no longer pay to fund those systems, creating increased financial burdens for everyone else.Jonathan Small | May 23, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
School bathroom bill headed to governor
Following hot on the heels of their Senate counterparts, the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted to prohibit public schools from adopting policies that allow boys to use girls’ bathrooms, sending the legislation to Gov. Kevin Stitt.Ray Carter | May 19, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma Senate votes to ban boys from girls’ bathrooms
Oklahoma schools would be prohibited from allowing boys to use girls’ bathrooms, and schools would face the loss of state funding for violations, under legislation that easily passed out of the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | May 19, 2022
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Budget & Tax
Senate approves rollback of Fallin-era tax hike
The Oklahoma Senate has voted to repeal one of the many tax increases imposed by the GOP Legislature during the administration of former Gov. Mary Fallin, tacitly conceding that prior tax increases are now contributing to the inflationary stresses harming working families statewide.Ray Carter | May 19, 2022
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Budget & Tax, Education
Record school spending decried as insufficient
The state budget announced by Oklahoma legislative leaders this week includes record funding for public schools without enactment of any reforms that would empower parents and increase school choice opportunities.Ray Carter | May 18, 2022
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Education
Bixby backs away from LGBTQ training for pre-K teachers
The Bixby school district has backed away from providing online “professional development” training to pre-K through second-grade teachers that would have included LGBTQ material to “build awareness for students around their own identities.”Ray Carter | May 17, 2022