Education Savings Accounts

There’s a massive amount of new money on the table for Oklahoma public education this legislative session, but lawmakers are still deciding whose funding plan will win out: the Senate’s, the House’s, a combination of both — or even neither.

Imagine your child is not doing well in school, and you desperately want to send them somewhere else. You tried to transfer them to another public school…

Oklahoma Senator Rob Standridge (R-Norman) chose not to push forward with a controversial school choice bill on Wednesday.Standridge told committee…

Every year, lawmakers file hundreds of education bills that have the potential to change the way schools operate. Some would implement minor tweaks, but…

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel and Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill…

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel anD Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill…

Republican legislative leaders say neither the House nor the Senate will take up voucher legislation that would allow public money to be spent on Oklahoma…

Senate Democratic leader John Sparks wants to know what kind of fiscal impact school vouchers, or education savings accounts, would have on Oklahoma…

The superintendents of Oklahoma’s two largest school districts told lawmakers Tuesday they are concerned about future budget cuts to education. And, they…

Legislators took action on two very controversial education bills on Monday. Representative Lee Denney’s school consolidation bill failed in a committee,…