Oklahoma’s top educator tells the state school board that a teacher walkout now appears likely in the state. Joy Hofmeister made the comment at the opening of today's state board meeting in Oklahoma City.
Homeister says nearly 70% of the students statewide will be impacted if teachers walk on April 2nd. She also briefed the board on how the strike could complicate mandated state testing. She says ACT and SAT college entrance exams are also scheduled for early April. However, there is a make-up ACT test scheduled for late April.
Teachers and other state workers say they will walkout unless they get a sizable pay raise. The last salary adjustments were made over a decade ago.