OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – Superintendent of schools in Oklahoma say Ryan Walters was held somewhat accountable during a Thursday meeting regarding reports from the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT). “I feel like further thought needs to be given before this gets rolled out,” said Representative Melissa Provenzano at one point. OKLAHOMA NEWS: OSDE pays $75K to outside counsel, teachers could drop lawsuit Questions revolved around two new reports from LOFT.
One of the reports surrounded the review of how the Oklahoma State Department of Education has handled using or applying for federal funds and grants. One of the major findings was that around $1.4 million in grant funding was left on the table in the recent year that would’ve went towards making schools safer.
That is $1.4 million of taxpayer dollars going towards other states that are not Oklahoma. Specifically, the Ready 2 Learn grant amounted to just over $1.
176 million in unused funds. The other grant was the STOP School Violence Technology and Threat Assessment grant which amounted to just over $216,900. Over a month ago, KFOR reported on findings that OSDE missed out on a $1 million grant .
Supt. Walters at the time when asked why said, “We have a process where we look at every grant and we make sure Joe Biden is not trying to indoctrinate kids with the grant.” However, that was not his answer when he was asked why $1.
4 million was left on the table. Instead, he responded with a few different.