In Depth: OK State Board of Education Holds Meeting without State Supt. Ryan Walters

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In Depth: OK State Board of Education holds meeting without State Supt. Ryan Walters

For the first time in a long time, if not ever, the Oklahoma State Board of Education held its own meeting without its chairman, State Superintendent Ryan Walters.

Walters declines to show up for Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting

From left, Oklahoma State Board of Education members Becky Carson, Mike Tinney, Chris Van Denhende and Ryan Deatherage conduct a special meeting Wednesday at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — With state Superintendent Ryan Walters a no-show, the Oklahoma State Board of Education took the unusual step of carrying out its own meeting Wednesday morning. Officials and staff from six stat…

Oklahoma State Board of Education meets without State Superintendent Ryan Walters

The Oklahoma State Board of Education conducted a special meeting on Wednesday without State Superintendent Ryan Walters.

Walters declines to show up for Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting - Sequoyah County Times

OKLAHOMA CITY — With state Superintendent Ryan Walters a no-show, the Oklahoma State Board of Education took the unusual step of carrying out its own meeting Wednesday morning. Officials and staff from six state agencies — but none from the Oklahoma State Department of Education — helped make the seven-minute meeting happen at the state Capitol. Typically the board meets at the Education Department with agency staff handling logistics. A state S…

State Board of Education Hires Attorney

The Oklahoma State Board of Education’s special meeting on Wednesday resulted in the Board hiring Ryan Leonard as its attorney and beginning the process to hire a new board secretary. The Oklahoman’s Murray Evans writes that State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and two board members did not show up for the meeting. It was called by the four recent board members appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentne