Public comments on proposed changes to Consolidated State Plan, 2025
Today, I submitted my public comments on the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s proposed amendments to the state’s Consolidated State Plan to update compliance with state and federal laws - namely, Senate Bill 711 (2025) and the Every Student Succeeds Act (2016).
The online form provided by the OSDE (https://oklahoma.gov/education/essa-amendment.html) could only handle the first two pages of my letter, which grew into a white paper over the last week, so I emailed it to the members of the State Board of Education, our State Superintendent, my Rpresentative and Senator, and our Governor. These issues are important to all of us and more input is needed before board members approve a new plan for state compliance with federal law. There’s still time to get your input in but it is due tomorrow, August 8.
My bottom line: The changes under consideration now do almost nothing to improve the academic success of every student and could further harm Oklahoma’s economic development efforts.
