Ryan Walters' Oklahoma Bible mandate faces questions from …
16 hours ago · State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters on Thursday presented the Oklahoma State Department of Education's 2026 fiscal year budget request to the state Senate education budget subcommittee, one which included $3 million for placing Bibles in classrooms and expenses related to legal challenges to Walters' Bible-teaching mandate for state schools. ...
KFOR takes State Superintendent Ryan Walters to court
Sep 23, 2024 · OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — KFOR is in a legal battle involving the Oklahoma State Department of Education, specifically State Superintendent Ryan Walters and his Press Secretary, Dan Isett....
Calls for Walters to be held accountable grow after insulting …
Oct 10, 2024 · OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Legal experts tell News 4 the events of Wednesday’s Oklahoma State School Board meeting are unprecedented, and should alarm anyone with power to hold State Superintendent...
Oklahoma schools push back on Ryan Walters’ plan to track …
Aug 9, 2024 · School administrators are increasingly voicing public opposition to Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ right-wing agenda.
Investigation finds consistent communication issues at Walters ...
Oct 29, 2024 · OKLAHOMA CITY — A repeated lack of communication from state Superintendent Ryan Walters’ administration caused delays in distributing school funds and frustration from districts, a legislative investigation found.
Oklahoma judge issues split ruling in student pronoun case
Jan 1, 2025 · A Cleveland County judge has issued a split ruling in a closely watched lawsuit regarding the state Board of Education’s administrative rules process under state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters and a Moore student prevented by one of those rules from changing their pronouns in student records.. In a ruling issued Tuesday, District Judge Michael Tupper wrote that while the rule passed by ...
Ryan Walters, Oklahoma schools leader, faces calls for ... - NBC News
Aug 30, 2023 · Oklahoma Democrats are calling for an impeachment probe of Ryan Walters, the state’s superintendent of public instruction, citing a range of recent issues, including bomb threats against a...
State grand jury investigating Ryan Walters, misspent pandemic …
Sep 16, 2024 · The state's multicounty grand jury is looking into the misspending of pandemic relief funds and state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters, according to multiple sources. Grand jurors heard testimony last week about Walters and issues with GEER Fund programs in Oklahoma, sources said.
Whistleblowers file lawsuits against Oklahoma ... - Associated Press News
May 31, 2023 · OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two former employees at the State Department of Education filed separate federal lawsuits Tuesday against Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters and his top aide, alleging they were wrongfully fired last week.
How Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing ... - NBC News
Aug 23, 2023 · Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma schools superintendent, has called a teachers union a “terrorist organization” and pushed for prayer in public schools.