Gov. Stitt requests audit of Oklahoma State Department of Education

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is requesting an audit for the State Department of Education, his bureau announced Thursday.

Stitt submitted the request to the Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector’s Office successful effect to the grounds recovered successful the audit of Epic Charter Schools.

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“I promised Oklahomans that arsenic politician I would cleanable up authorities authorities to marque it much transparent and accountable and I americium keeping that promise,” Stitt said successful a statement.

“As we marque grounds investments successful our nationalist acquisition system, students and parents merit to cognize that their schools are spending our taxation dollars appropriately and successful accordance with the law.”

The authorities is presently investing much wealth -- much than $3 cardinal -- successful OSDE than it has successful immoderate erstwhile fiscal year.

State Superintendent of Public of Instruction Joy Hofmeister called the audit petition an "attack" by the governor.

“The Governor’s telephone for an audit is yet different onslaught connected Oklahoma’s nationalist acquisition system. As the Governor should already know, the State Department of Education has undergone much than 20 financial, compliance and programmatic reappraisal audits by the authorities auditor’s bureau successful the past 6-1/2 years. Additionally, the Governor’s hand-picked Secretary of Education approves each bureau expenditure implicit $25,000 connected a play basis. Every azygous spending petition has been personally approved by Secretary Ryan Walters. At a clip during which determination are superior audits we person requested which perchance impact transgression activity, and portion 541 schoolhouse districts are struggling to find normalcy during a pandemic, the Governor’s onslaught connected nationalist acquisition couldn’t beryllium worse timing for students, families, teachers and taxpayers.”

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