Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat

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

Now that Governor Kevin Stitt has delivered his State of the State address and executive budget, the work picks up in the Oklahoma legislature.

With the drought continuing, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission adopted a plan proposed by the Emergency Drought Commission to deliver $33,000 in emergency funds to each Oklahoma county. The legislature also allocated an additional $20 million for the second phase of the plan, which is also on its way to farmers and ranchers.

A school voucher bill narrowly failed late Wednesday night after hours of debate. Senate Bill 1647 would have allocated more than $128 million to private school scholarships and educational services for families.

A bill that would give families savings accounts to pay for private school tuition passed another hurdle Wednesday.

A bill to open up education savings accounts across Oklahoma cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday.

In a surprise move for the first week of the legislative session, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Charles McCall has announced a school choice bill authored by Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat will not be heard in the House.

A bill introduced by Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat would allow communities to organize recall petitions of school board members.

There is one thing Oklahoma legislators are required to do every year: craft and pass a state budget. Budget talks usually come together in the waning…

With the 2020 legislative session now over, lawmakers are refocusing on the upcoming elections and issues relevant in the year ahead. Meanwhile, the work…