Senate Committee Passes Charter Schools Bill

Parents of children in failing public schools could soon have more education alternatives for their children.

The Senate Education Committee today passed Senate Bill 1669, which would allow Native American tribes to establish charter schools in Oklahoma and Tulsa counties. Current law allows the state’s largest public school districts and public universities to establish charter schools.

“Many charter schools provide a much-needed complement to traditional public education and are excelling in areas where traditional, urban school settings have not. Expanding the number of entities that can establish charter schools will allow parents to have more educational choices and alternatives for their children,” said the bill’s author, Senate Co-President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City. “Native American tribes will be an excellent partner in Oklahoma’s charter school program.”

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