Overview

• Two State Board of Education members say they saw full-frontal nudity on a television in Superintendent Ryan Walters’ office during a July 24 executive session.
• The state’s Office of Management and Enterprise Services referred the matter to the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, which says its probe is still in its infancy and no legal conclusions have been reached.
• Walters has denied any knowledge of the content and labeled the allegations “categorically false,” accusing Gov. Kevin Stitt and board members of orchestrating a political setup.
• The superintendent’s claim that two independent groups cleared him conflicts with a sheriff’s office spokesman’s statement that the criminal investigation remains ongoing.
• The scandal compounds Walters’ track record of culture-war initiatives in Oklahoma schools, from mandatory Bibles and book bans to proposed ideological tests for teacher candidates.