charter schools

The application period will close March 17. If demand exceeds the $1 billion available, the state will prioritize students based on family income and whether they have a disability.

Applications will close March 17, with funding notifications sent to families beginning in early April. The rollout follows a years-long battle at the Capitol and marks a major victory for the governor after repeated failed attempts to pass similar legislation.

New laws range from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and county-funded abortion travel funds.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt praised 2025 legislative session outcomes.

A group of Oklahoma parents and advocates has released a waiver for material championed by State Superintendent Ryan Walters, but the state department says it is not enforceable.

The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed that Oklahoma's contract for what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional.

ThrivePoint Academy of Oklahoma will offer an alternative school model found in other states.

The sweeping legislation creates Education Savings Accounts, which allow parents to use state tax dollars toward private education costs. With $1 billion in initial funding, Texas' program is the largest day 1 plan of its kind in the nation.

The case debates whether charter schools are state entities forbidden from adopting a religious faith.

New state social studies standards are being reviewed by members of the Oklahoma legislature, many of whom are critical of the process and the content.