Oklahoma Department of Education

Ryan Walters' proposal is $59 million less than his predecessor Joy Hofmeister's and no longer includes her proposed $5,000 pay raise for teachers.

The Western Heights Board of Education is back in business following Gov. Kevin Stitt’s appointment of a new board member. The move comes in response to the resignation of three board members who oversaw multiple operational failures.

Oklahoma state schools superintendent Joy Hofmeister announced she will recommend Epic Charter Schools go on probation.

Oklahoma is strengthening its relationship with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. The $2.5 million investment of federal COVID-19 relief funds is designed to expand the program to all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties.

Oklahoma students weren’t the only ones to get a Spring Break last week. Lawmakers only met two days during the week off for students.

A bill that would change how school lunch programs are administered was passed by the Oklahoma Senate Tuesday morning.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, we discuss Governor Stitt's call for the State Auditor to do a comprehensive investigation of the Department of Education, the Cattlemen's Association calling on the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to put a moratorium on new medical marijuana licenses and Attorney General John O'Connor filing two petitions with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse last summer's decision on McGirt V. Oklahoma.

Stitt wants State Auditor Cindy Byrd’s office to account for every penny flowing in and out of the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Epic Charter School has been hit with more than $10 million in penalties by Oklahoma’s State Department of Education.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel and former House Speaker Kris Steele about Governor…