Overview

• Judge C. Brent Dishman declined to issue a temporary injunction against the new social studies standards and said he will rule definitively within fourteen days.
• Plaintiffs assert Superintendent Ryan Walters delivered a revised 400-page curriculum to board members just hours before the February vote, undermining required review procedures.
• The revised standards direct students to analyze disproven 2020 election “discrepancies,” explore Christian nationalist concepts and include Bible studies in history classes.
• Parent group We’re Oklahoma Education has circulated state-authorized opt-out letters to allow families to exempt their children from the contested lessons.
• Former Attorney General Mike Hunter represents the plaintiffs, arguing the Oklahoma Department of Education violated its own transparency and approval rules.