OKCPS' School Board To Vote On Denouncing Newly-Signed House Bill 1775 In Monday Meeting

The Oklahoma City Public Schools' Board of Education plans to denounce House Bill 1775 in their meeting Monday afternoon.

The controversial bill prohibiting critical race theory in schools was signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt on Friday. 

The school board meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Clara Luper Center.

The board plans to take possible action on denouncing House Bill 1775.

The bill limits race and gender curriculum in secondary and post-secondary schools across the state. 

Before the bill was ever signed by the governor on Friday, OKCPS Superintendent Sean McDaniel urged the governor to veto the bill.

"HB 1775 appears to be a solution looking for a problem which does not exist," he said.

Oklahoma's top educator, state Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, also commented on the bill and said teachers will continue to teach Oklahoma Academic Standards, which include history and civics.

Other district leaders across the state have spoken out against the bill, including Millwood Public Schools Superintendent Cecelia Robinson

“It silences the telling of history, so that it gets left out of textbooks, so that it doesn’t call attention to inequities that have existed since this country has been built,” Robinson said.