It was a busy week in the Oklahoma education world with what seemed like endless meetings over the Epic Charter Schools audit, Oklahoma City Public Schools welcoming some students back to in-person learning and the Professional Educators of Norman presenting a vote of no confidence in their district’s superintendent.
There’s a lot to cover, but we’re making it easy to catch up on the week’s headlines from reporters around the state with our coveducation recap.
$10 million of COVID relief funds allotted for private schools likely allowable
The Tulsa World’s Barbara Hoberock reported that the $10 million in federal COVID-19 relief money used by Gov. Kevin Stitt to help private school students likely satisfies federal requirements. This is according to a letter sent to House Democrats this week.
In September, the House Democratic education policy group requested an opinion from Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on whether Stitt acted within his authority regarding how he used this money.
The letter is not an official opinion issued by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter, he said.