RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM. WELL, TODAY, THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS EXPECTED IN COURT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE DEPARTMENT AND STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS, FACING A LAWSUIT OVER THE NEW SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS. KOCO SHELBY MONTGOMERY. SHE’S IN THE STUDIO WITH US THIS MORNING WITH THE DETAILS THAT LED UP TO THIS CASE. GOOD MORNING. YES. SO THE PARENTS, THE GRANDPARENTS AND THE TEACHERS WHO ARE BEHIND THIS LAWSUIT ARE FIGHTING THE WAY THOSE SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS WERE ADOPTED. AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE TAUGHT? WALTERS AND THE DEPARTMENT APPROVED THOSE NEW STANDARDS IN FEBRUARY, BUT SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SAY THOSE STANDARDS THAT WERE APPROVED WERE THEN QUIETLY CHANGED BEFORE THEY WERE SENT TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR FURTHER APPROVAL. THOSE STANDARDS INCLUDE CLAIMS OF DISCREPANCIES IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE ORIGINS OF COVID 19. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE STANDARDS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A POINT OF DISCUSSION AND DEBATE. THEY WANT THE PROCEDURE REVIEWED BY A COURT OF LAW TO ENSURE THAT THESE RULES WERE PROPERLY BEFORE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PROPERLY TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE. RYAN WALTERS TOLD KOCO THE VOICES ATTACKING THESE STANDARDS COME FROM THE TEACHERS UNION PLAYBOOK. NOW, THE PLAINTIFFS WANT THE COURT TO DECIDE IF THOSE STANDARDS ARE LEGITIMATE OR IF THEY SHOUL
Lawsuit challenging Ryan Walters’ and OSDE’s social studies standards set to be heard in court
The standards include claims of “discrepancies” in the 2020 presidential election and the origins of COVID-19
State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education are being challenged in court over the state’s new social studies standards. The parents, grandparents and teachers behind the lawsuit are fighting the way those social studies standards were adopted and what is going to be taught. Walters and the OSDE approved the new standards in February. Some board members, however, said the approved social studies standards were quietly changed before they were sent to the state legislature for further approval. >> Click here to read the OSDE’s social studies standards.Those standards include claims of “discrepancies” in the 2020 presidential election and the origins of COVID-19. There was no evidence that there was widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election. Video Below: Lawsuit against Ryan Walters, OSDE questions process used to pass social studies standards”They want their children, their grandchildren and their pupils to be educated in a way that’s consistent with the law. And, in our view, again, we’re gonna be in court with this; but the law was not followed,” said Mike Hunter, the former Oklahoma attorney general who is representing the group who filed the lawsuit. Walters told KOCO 5 that the voices attacking the standards come from the teachers union playbook. The plaintiffs want the court to decide if the standards are legitimate or should be tossed out. The hearing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Video Below: Oklahoma State Department of Education’s controversial social studies standards approvedTop Headlines TIMELINE: Storms with hail and low tornado risk possible in Oklahoma late Wednesday OHP: Oklahoma teenager dies in ATV crash on county road VIDEO: A family’s missing French bulldog found 1,000 miles away in Chicago The best mattresses for every type of sleeper Crash involving semi-trailer shuts down southbound I-35 near Goldsby
State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education are being challenged in court over the state’s new social studies standards.
The parents, grandparents and teachers behind the lawsuit are fighting the way those social studies standards were adopted and what is going to be taught.
Walters and the OSDE approved the new standards in February. Some board members, however, said the approved social studies standards were quietly changed before they were sent to the state legislature for further approval.
>> Click here to read the OSDE’s social studies standards.
Those standards include claims of “discrepancies” in the 2020 presidential election and the origins of COVID-19. There was no evidence that there was widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election.
Video Below: Lawsuit against Ryan Walters, OSDE questions process used to pass social studies standards
“They want their children, their grandchildren and their pupils to be educated in a way that’s consistent with the law. And, in our view, again, we’re gonna be in court with this; but the law was not followed,” said Mike Hunter, the former Oklahoma attorney general who is representing the group who filed the lawsuit.
Walters told KOCO 5 that the voices attacking the standards come from the teachers union playbook.
The plaintiffs want the court to decide if the standards are legitimate or should be tossed out. The hearing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Video Below: Oklahoma State Department of Education’s controversial social studies standards approved
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