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The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted to table much of its agenda at Thursday’s meeting, saying it was uncomfortable voting due to a sudden change in the board’s legal counsel, affected by State Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

Former Norman educator Summer Boismier filed a petition in Oklahoma County District Court Friday to overturn the revocation of her teaching license.

Oklahoma City TV news station KFOR filed a suit in federal court Monday against State Superintendent Ryan Walters and Dan Isett, who serves as the State Department of Education’s communications director.

In response to a demand from a federal judge over whether the Oklahoma State Board of Education may have violated a federal injunction when it revoked the certificate of a former Norman teacher, it handed over the teacher’s revocation order Thursday.

Thursday, two years after former Norman High School English teacher Summer Boismier shared a QR code with students to the Brooklyn Public Library’s website, the State Board of Education revoked her teaching certificate.

At Thursday’s State Board of Education meeting, the board decided to wait on taking a recent attorney general opinion about executive sessions to court for review, saying it needed more time to digest.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a formal opinion Wednesday afternoon saying the State Board of Education must allow lawmakers to attend executive sessions at board meetings.

The Office of the Attorney General said in a statement it will look into the State Board of Education’s actions regarding executive session admittance for lawmakers at Wednesday’s board meeting.

Thursday’s State Board of Education meeting featured a new public comment process, a sizable number of teaching certificates suspended and new supports announced for the state’s largest school district.

The State Board of Education unanimously approved 15 new or amended administrative rules at its Thursday meeting.