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Oklahoma City’s NBC affiliate reports:
Superintendent Ryan Walters called the media late Thursday for a Friday morning press conference after lawmakers rejected several of his budget requests. The agreed-upon budget from lawmakers this week had the Oklahoma State Department of Education realize they wouldn’t get $3 million for “Bibles in every classroom” and $500,000 for concealed carry training, among other requests.
Walters didn’t answer News 4’s questions regarding the status of Oklahoma Education rankings compared to the rest of the nation.
“So let’s take a look at that question, KFOR gets it fundamentally wrong. You are consistent at being wrong. So we are not at the bottom of education. We continue to see dramatic increases in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. I know y’all don’t care to report facts. KFOR, take your fake news somewhere else today. Thank you for your time. Any real questions from the media?” said Supt. Walters.
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Newly-released data shows that Oklahoma ranks 46th in per-pupil spending, but Walters, who is eyeing a run for governor, has called for cuts to his state’s “wasteful” education spending, including $250,000 to provide school districts with emergency inhalers.
In his KFOR interview, Walters did boast about getting new teachers a signing bonus, but as was widely reported the time, $290,000 of that money had to be clawed back because it had gone to teachers who did not qualify. Some of those teachers had already spent the money.
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Educational Instruction Ryan Walters (R) lashes out at a local KFOR reporter after being asked if he should take responsibility for the state being consistently rated at the bottom for education.
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