OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill allocating more than $40 million for reading instruction and several millions more for teacher training and reading initiatives was signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt this week.
Stitt said the measure during an event at Oklahoma City’s John Rex Elementary School.
The measure, Senate Bill 1778, is one of the Legislature’s key components in a plan conceived this year to improve the state’s K-12 education system with a focus on literacy. The effort follows the resignation of then-school chief Ryan Walters, who many lawmakers criticized for his handling of the common education system…