Donald Trump seems to pay no attention to "The Oklahoma Standard." Will that matter to state Republicans going into the 2026 election battles?

Board of Education members have said Ryan Walters neglected to mention to them that he’d made last-minute changes to new social studies standards.

The seat became vacant when Jason Lowe, D-Oklahoma City, resigned April 7 to serve as an Oklahoma County commissioner.

A Republican state senator filed a joint resolution Thursday to disapprove proposed updates to Oklahoma social studies and science standards, following concerns from newly-appointed State Board of Education members,

New members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education pushed back against State Superintendent Ryan Walters at the Thursday State Board of Education meeting about the process for approving new social studies academic standards that had quietly added 2020 election denialism rhetoric.

Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a citizen of Afghanistan who was living in Moore, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used in a terrorist attack, court records show.

A teen who was charged in an Oklahoma election day terror plot has pleaded guilty to receiving rifles and ammunition. Abdullah Haji Zada and his alleged co-consirator, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, were planning the attack on behalf of ISIS,

The new members said the social studies standards they voted on in February were changed before they were sent to the legislature. Among the alleged changes was the addition of theories that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. “If I would’ve known what I know now, I would’ve voted no,” said Chris Van Denhende, board member.

Three Oklahoma education board members say they were unaware of changes to social studies standards before voting to send them to lawmakers.

Governor Stitt voiced his disapproval Wednesday over the Social Studies Standards switch that happened at the last school board meeting.

Legalized sports betting in Oklahoma moved one step closer to reality on Thursday, but it still faces a major roadblock ahead.