Search Results for: charter schools

In The Know: Some ‘debtors’ prison’ fees have been eliminated for Oklahoma defendants | Muscogee Nation Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Freedmen citizenship | Results for June 10 special election

Posted on by Annie Taylor
In The Know is your daily briefing on Oklahoma policy-related news. OK Policy encourages the support of Oklahoma’s state and local media, which are vital to an informed citizenry. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the… Read more

Supreme Court, Oklahoma lawmakers weigh church-state boundaries (Capitol Update)

Posted on by Steve Lewis
While the legislature was plowing its way through multiple bills toward this week’s deadline for floor passage of bills originating in the opposite chamber, issues of private religious faith in the public sector worked their way toward a conclusion. It has been a cardinal rule that public funding of private schools is prohibited by the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. 

In The Know: State Ed. Dept. to withhold funds from school districts failing to sign Title VI assurance | Oklahoma lawmakers work across the aisle to address high eviction rates | Fact-checking floor debate on HB 1539

Posted on by Annie Taylor
In The Know is your daily briefing on Oklahoma policy-related news. OK Policy encourages the support of Oklahoma’s state and local media, which are vital to an informed citizenry. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the… Read more