Legislative Reports Card Grades - Friend or Foe?

Voting records will tell you what you need to know about who is actually supporting rural Oklahoma schools well and who is not. All votes pertaining to key rural education legislation for the 2021 and 2022 sessions will be tracked and legislators will be given a letter grade score, based off the % of votes supporting rural schools.

No editorializing. No bias. No personal opinion endorsements. Just the black and white votes in committee and on the floor.

2021 Session Key Issues = (current report cards)

• opposing the use of public tax dollars for private school tuitions

• protecting local control of school boards

• affordable access to rural internet/broadband

• public school funding

2022 Session Key Issues = (report cards released after 2022 legislative session, prior to election cycle)

• opposing the use of public tax dollars for private school tuitions

• supporting pro-teacher policies that support recruitment/retention of quality educators

• improved mental health support for public school students and their families

• restoring parent voice and local control to setting school calendars

• affordable access to rural internet/broadband

• public school funding

**bills included in report card scoring are selected based of relevance to key issues voted on by membership in annual poll.

**letter grades are determined by pro-rural ed votes/all votes submitted. % score is placed on a bell curve with legislative peers in the House of Representatives to determine letter grade given.