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Federal auditors have recommended clawing back hundreds of thousands of dollars disbursed by Gov. Kevin Stitt as part of federally funded coronavirus relief grants.
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Oklahoma gave a Florida company a no-bid contract to distribute $18 million in pandemic relief money as a test-run for school vouchers. Now federal investigators are eyeing the deal.
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StateImpact Oklahoma spent time talking with families and educators in Sulphur to learn what school choice looks like in a rural community.
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On Monday evening, Oklahoma's State Board of Education rescinded a controversial resolution from March. The move to equalize charter and traditional public school building funds without controversy follows action by the state legislature.
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A budget deal expected to soon get the final stamp of approval from Gov. Kevin Stitt includes a number of increases for common education.
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Top Oklahoma lawmakers and the Governor on Thursday unveiled their plans for the state budget next fiscal year.
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Almost 200 Oklahoma public school districts are banding together to file a class action lawsuit against Oklahoma’s State Board of Education. The move is to keep local tax revenues from going to charter schools.
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A bill that would nullify a controversial settlement announced by Oklahoma’s State Board of Education and fix funding disparities between charter and traditional public schools with medical marijuana money, passed through the Oklahoma House of Representatives Thursday.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about the State House unanimously approving a bill to help fund charter and traditional schools with low property taxes, Epic Charter Schools agreeing to the demands of the state in the hopes of avoiding contract termination proceedings and the Norman City Council voting to remove $865,000 from its police for community programs.
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A group of Republican lawmakers have proposed a school funding plan that will nullify a controversial settlement announced by Oklahoma’s State Board of Education and fix funding disparities between charter and traditional public schools.