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• Culture & the Family

  Oklahoma lawmakers vote to bar males from women’s sports

  Only biological females could compete in girls’ sporting events at Oklahoma schools under legislation approved by a state House committee.

  Ray Carter  |  March 4, 2022

• Law & Principles

  OCPA 2022 legislative scorecard: Watch list update (March 1 2022)

  This is an updated watch list of bills that are eligible to be included on OCPA’s legislative scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2022 legislative session.

  Staff  |  March 1, 2022

• Education

  Stitt stands with parents

  In his State of the State address, Gov. Kevin Stitt made clear he stands with parents before bureaucrats. That was a shock for status-quo defenders but welcome news to families.

  Jonathan Small  |  February 23, 2022

• Budget & Tax, Education, Law & Principles

  Bold reforms for a post-pandemic Oklahoma

  In the aftermath of the pandemic, Oklahoma’s policymakers should put parents in charge of education with a universal Education Savings Account, eliminate the personal income tax, and reform our state’s dysfunctional regulatory system.

  Curtis Shelton, Greg Forster, Ph.D., Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. & Andrew C. Spiropoulos  |  February 21, 2022

• Education

  Stitt endorses educational-choice expansion

  In his State of the State address, Gov. Kevin Stitt urged legislators to be bold and provide Oklahoma families with a significant expansion of school-choice opportunity, saying families should have the greatest voice in how their children are educated.

  Ray Carter  |  February 7, 2022

• Law & Principles

  OCPA 2022 legislative scorecard: Watch list

  This is an updated watch list of bills that are eligible to be included on OCPA’s legislative scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2022 legislative session.

  Staff  |  February 6, 2022

• Education

  School-choice week celebrated in Oklahoma

  Across the country, including in Oklahoma, families will have the opportunity to celebrate “School Choice Week” from Jan. 23 through 29 and learn about educational opportunities.

  Ray Carter  |  January 24, 2022

• Education

  Senate leader seeks school choice for all families

  Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat has filed legislation that would provide school-choice opportunities to all Oklahoma families, allowing parents to use state funds to pay for their children to attend any school, including private schools.

  Ray Carter  |  January 21, 2022

• Education

  Seven reasons to let parents choose

  Access to a good education is something that every Oklahoma student should enjoy, not just a select few.

  Brandon Dutcher  |  January 5, 2022

• Education

  School choice expansion clears state board

  Expansion and preservation of school-choice opportunities in Oklahoma won strong approval from members of the State Board of Education at this month’s meeting.

  Ray Carter  |  December 17, 2021

• Culture & the Family

  Perception of Oklahoma unharmed by racist incidents

  Critics have claimed incidents, which were widely publicized by national media, irreparably tar the reputation of Oklahoma and cause people and businesses to decline to move to the state. But during a recent forum on race, two experts said they’ve seen little evidence to support that belief.

  Ray Carter  |  October 14, 2021

• Law & Principles

  OCPA legislative scorecard: 2021 final bill list

  This is the final list of the 107 bills that are factored into OCPA’s scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2021 legislative session at the state Capitol.

  Staff  |  October 5, 2021

• Education

  Parental rights laws need teeth, advocates warn

  While Oklahoma law provides parents with significant rights in education, parents and advocates told lawmakers that schools can ignore the law because it does not impose significant penalties for noncompliance.

  Ray Carter  |  September 29, 2021

• Education

  Seize the moment to give families a universal ESA in 2022

  The excuse that we can’t do the right thing because it’s too politically difficult, while never especially savory, has now become positively untenable.

  Greg Forster, Ph.D.  |  September 29, 2021

• Education

  School choice marches on

  West Virginia's near-universal school choice program has shown that aiming for universal school choice is not a fool’s errand—it is achievable.

  Kaitlyn Finley  |  September 9, 2021

• Education

  Education agency botches anti-racism regulations

  Due to bureaucratic incompetence, Oklahoma State Department of Education regulations that enforce a state ban on teaching concepts associated with Critical Race Theory in Oklahoma schools have been withdrawn.

  Ray Carter  |  August 26, 2021

• Education

  To mask or not to mask? Give parents educational choices

  In the age of Covid and beyond, it’s clearer than ever that universal school choice is a must for parents and children.

  Kaitlyn Finley  |  August 17, 2021

• Education

  Real accountability to parents trumps fake accountability to government

  Realizing they can’t stop the relentless march of parental choice, the education special interests have moved to their predictable fall-back position. But make no mistake: Restrictions on schools are restrictions on parents.

  Greg Forster, Ph.D.  |  July 14, 2021

• Good Government

  Stitt gets high approval after successful session

  A new poll shows 59 percent of Oklahoma registered voters approve of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s job performance and 63 percent believe Oklahoma is headed in the right direction.

  Ray Carter  |  July 8, 2021

• Education

  School-choice support soaring

  A new national poll shows strong and growing bipartisan nationwide support for school choice, including support for allowing parents to use taxpayer funds for private-school tuition.

  Ray Carter  |  June 30, 2021