OKC 912 Project

Action Items for the Week
February 15, 2015

Education Update: CALLS NEEDED

Other calls and emails needed:
HB1737
SB516

Find your legislator

Tools To Engage in
Oklahoma's Political Process 2015

via R.O.P.E.

Website: The House and the Senate

House Education Committee email addresses

ALL House email addresses

Senate Education Committee email addresses

ALL Senate email addresses

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Oklahoma Senate

Schedule

Monday, February 16th

8:30 AM

Academic Standards Steering Committee Meeting to hear from national experts on developing standards (follow-up meeting on Tuesday)

Please attend, if possible.
Final Agenda
Location: Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Suite 200, 655 Research Parkway, OKC
Monday's speakers include: Dr. Larry Gray, professor of mathematics, University of Minnesota; Dr. Jane F. Schielack, associate dean for assessment and pre-K education, Texas A&M University; Dr. Sandra Stotsky, professor of education reform, University of Arkansas
Oklahoma Will Hear Advice On Replacing Common Core
Livestream

9:00 AM

OK Senate Committee on Education meeting

Agenda
Location: Room 535, State Capitol
Recommendations from R.O.P.E.

3:00 PM

OK House Common Education committee meeting

Agenda
Location: Room 412C, State Capitol
Open to the public
Recommendations from R.O.P.E.
HB1380 Fisher - Replacing AP US History with a course teaching specified concepts creating a corresponding exam. Requiring US History courses taught in Oklahoma schools to include several specific concepts/points. (ROPE began by supporting a very similar bill) because many aspects of US History are being twisted and/or omitted in public schools today. American history textbooks today often fully omit the American Revolution and the founding documents. Most students today have very little knowledge of either. YES. Please contact the House Education Committee and ask them to pass HB1380. AP is a private organization that we pay our tax dollars to...to fund our AP courses in public school. We do not want to fund this revisionist history! This bill stops that. Confessions Of An AP Teacher: College Board's New History Curriculum Is Terrible
HB2003 Nelson - Oklahoma Education Savings Account Act - Establishes Education Savings Accounts - parents would get a portion of their per pupil funding to hold in a savings account to be used only for educational purposes. Needs a YES VOTE! Please contact the House Education Committee and ask them to pass HB2003. How to Fix Public Schools.

Tuesday, February 17th

9:00 AM

Academic Standards Steering Committee Meeting on developing standards

Location: Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Suite 200, 655 Research Parkway, OKC
Livestream
Open to the public

Wednesday, February 18th

NOON

OCPAC Meeting with Congressman Jim Bridenstine. Bring your signs and thank Congressman Bridenstine for a job well done, Olivet Baptist Church

Saturday, February 21st

2:00-4:00 PM

Thank You, Congressman Bridenstine: A Rally of Appreciation

Sponsored by the Tulsa 912 Project and KFAQ
Green Country Event Center, Tulsa
Free event - Register here
Pat Campbell will be
the Master of Ceremonies.
FreedomWorks and Heritage Action will in attendance to thank Congressman Bridenstine.
Activists from across the state will participate.
Express your appreciation on cardboard signs for the rally - be creative and fun!
We are very fortunate to have Congressman Bridenstine representing us in Washington D.C. While many Congressmen/women will be going home to angry constituents, ours is doing so well, he gets a BIG Thank You from home. Perhaps this might energize others to listen to their constituents, putting politics aside, and putting the people first.