Charter School Admin Standards Measure Fails In Committee
Oklahoma legislative panel rejects charter school measure
A bill targeting four Oklahoma charter schools would have required that the five highest-paid administrators are American citizens. The bill failed in committee Tuesday.
By Michael McNutt | Published: February 6, 2013
A bill targeting four Oklahoma charter schools because it has hired foreign teachers and administrators failed in legislative committee.
House Bill 1866 would have required the five highest paid administrators as well as its school board members to be American citizens. Failure to comply would have resulted in the loss of state funds.
The House of Representatives Common Education Committee voted 11-5 not to pass the measure.
“This bill sends a negative message that we are against cultural diversity, that perhaps we are a little paranoid about people of a different color and people of a different religion,” said Rep. Doug Cox, R-Grove.