Beth Wallis

Governor Kevin Stitt speaks to Oklahoma Watch reporter Paul Monies at the Capitol on March 26, 2019.

Sen. Ally Seifried (R-Claremore) filed a bill to require districts to craft policies to prohibit cell phone use on school grounds during the school day, or “bell-to-bell.”

State Superintendent Ryan Walters asked lawmakers for a $3 million allocation at Thursday’s Senate budget hearing to purchase Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms.

Nationally, college enrollment has declined over the last 15 years. But Oklahoma’s land-grant institutions managed to avoid the post-COVID fallout and are now at all-time highs.

Nationally, college enrollment has declined over the last 15 years. But Oklahoma's land-grant institutions managed to avoid the post-COVID fallout and are now at all-time highs.

Nationally, college enrollment has declined over the last 15 years. But Oklahoma's two largest universities managed to avoid the post-COVID fallout and are now at all-time highs.

This legislative session, lawmakers will consider a range of education bills spanning teacher recruitment and retention, higher education financial aid, culture war issues, school policies and subsidizing private education.

This legislative session, Oklahoma lawmakers will consider a range of education bills spanning teacher recruitment and retention, higher education financial aid, culture war issues, school policies and subsidizing private education.

Oklahoma Senate education leadership debuted a list of priorities Monday ahead of the start of the legislative session next week.

The State Board of Education unanimously advanced an administrative rule change that would require schools to collect citizenship or legal immigration documentation from parents at enrollment.