Overview

• Superintendent Ryan Walters’ new standards require students to analyze disproven 2020 election “discrepancies” and study Judeo-Christian concepts in government
• A group of parents and teachers filed suit alleging Walters and the education board violated state transparency rules by rushing revised standards to a vote
• On May 29, Oklahoma County Judge C. Brent Dishman declined to grant a preliminary injunction, allowing the curriculum to move forward pending a permanent decision
• We’re Oklahoma Education has distributed state-authorized opt-out forms so families can exclude their children from the controversial lessons
• Supporters say the standards shield classrooms from liberal indoctrination while critics warn they introduce misinformation and undermine evidence-based instruction