education tax credits

Oklahoma parents have been anticipating the rollout of the new Parental Choice Tax Credit program, which was supposed to happen Friday. But the Oklahoma Tax Commission says parents will need to wait a little longer.

When the Parental Choice Tax Credit program was passed this spring, the tax commission estimated it would cost $1 million this fiscal year to set it up. As it turns out, it’s going to cost nearly four times that.

The Oklahoma Tax Commission’s rules for the state’s new Parental Choice Tax Credit advanced to the governor’s desk Tuesday after the required public comment period ended.

Both houses of the Oklahoma legislature want school choice bills to become law, but the two sides have dug in over disagreements about how to craft the legislation.

Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat weighs in on stalled education bills and response to Volkswagen bypassing Oklahoma for a manufacturing plant.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives censured a non-binary member for allegedly "harboring a fugitive" following an incident during protest of anti-transgender legislation.