The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted unanimously Aug. 22 to approve an order revoking the teaching certificate of former Norman High School teacher Summer Boismier. The contents of the order were revealed publicly in court documents on Thursday. (Photo by Brent Fuchs/For Oklahoma Voice)
OKLAHOMA CITY — After spending weeks outside of public view, an order revoking the teaching certificate of former Norman teacher Summer Boismier has been released after a federal judge demanded the document.
The revocation order became publicly viewable on Thursday when it was filed in a federal lawsuit challenging House Bill 1775 , a controversial Oklahoma law that prohibits certain race and gender concepts from being taught in K-12 schools.
The order accuses Boismier of “circumventing” HB 1775 but not of teaching any of its banned concepts, despite state Superintendent Ryan Walters’ repeated claims that she broke the law. Boismier attracted national attention and Walters’ scrutiny in August 2022 when she posted a QR code in her classroom that linked to an online library containing banned books.