Ryan Walters, Bible and Senate Appropriations Committee

Ryan Walters hints at staff cuts as senators question his education spending requests
Although his total budget request would increase the agency’s funding by $113 million, Walters hinted at “potential staff cuts” to limit the Education Department’s operational expenses during a meeting Tuesday with the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Senators quiz Ryan Walters about $3 million request for Bibles in classrooms
Tulsa, questioned a plan to commit taxpayer dollars to buy Bibles that might be acquired for free or for little cost. Sen. Regina Goodwin, D-Tulsa, questioned the constitutionality of the request. #ok
Ryan Walters discusses education budget, bible initiative, and school safety
Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters discusses the Department of Education's $4 billion budget request, including funding for Bibles in classrooms, concealed carry training for teachers and cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Oklahoma lawmakers ask Ryan Walters to consider free Bibles instead of using tax dollars
Several representatives across the aisle asked schools Superintendent Ryan Walters why he won't consider free Bibles instead of requesting $3 million.
State Superintendent Ryan Walters defends plan to put Bibles in schools in front of state legislators
Grammer now … CNN commentator Van Jones says the Trump administration’s latest appointment isn’t fit to run a bodega, let alone do the job he’s been offered at the State Department. Darren Beattie, a former Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 for making a speech to white nationalists,
News on 67d
Protesters gather as State Superintendent Ryan Walters visits Carnegie Elementary in Tulsa
Protesters gathered across the street from Carnegie Elementary as State Superintendent Ryan Walters visited the school on ...
Ryan Walters asks for summary judgment in defamation lawsuit filed by former Norman teacher
State Superintendent Ryan Walters has asked for summary judgment in a defamation lawsuit filed against Walters by a former ...
kjrh.com7d
PARENT PROTESTS: Ryan Walters visit to Tulsa school met with jeers
Dozens of Oklahomans gathered outside of Carnegie Elementary School as State Superintendent Ryan Walters and other elected ...
KRMG Tulsa on MSN8d
Protestors rally against State Superintendent Ryan Walters outside south Tulsa elementary school
About two hundred parents and community members gathered Thursday morning outside of Carnegie Elementary School in south ...
State Supt. Ryan Walters appeals judge's decision to not dismiss defamation lawsuit
State Superintendent Ryan Walters appealed a Tulsa County judge's denial to dismiss a defamation case brought on by Bixby ...
Hundreds protest Ryan Walters' proposed citizenship rule: 'These children, they are not criminals'
It is illegal to ask about the citizenship status of a public school student, and undocumented students are guaranteed ...
OU Daily2d
Oklahoma lawmakers anticipate smaller budget, cast doubt on Ryan Walters' spending requests
As state officials anticipate a smaller budget in the next fiscal year, lawmakers on Tuesday appeared doubtful of requests to ...
KOSU11d
Walters says agency would let ICE into schools to collect children whose parents are being deported
State Superintendent Ryan Walters made comments Thursday to an Oklahoma City news station offering support to President ...
Governor Stitt calls for statewide school phone bans, citing Bixby as a model
Bixby Public Schools Superintendent Rob Miller was recognized by the Governor in his address to the state.Miller says that before this school year, phone rules ...