Oklahoma State Representative for District 40 (Enid)
Joined April 2014
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I had the pleasure of getting to know Barry when I worked at a foundation in Denver. He was gregarious, funny, and most of all, kind. My heart goes out to Cindy and his family. He will be truly missed.
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BREAKING: An Oklahoma public school district just promoted a candidate for state superintendent.
It's illegal for public school districts to use taxpayer resources to support candidates in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma families should never have to walk alone in their fight against ALS.
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Oklahoma's 2026 legislative session was an ambitious one for ed. policy. I recently spoke with ExcelinEd about the session's major bills and also released a summary statement highlighting key changes. @ExcelinEd
Listen here:
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A few years ago, getting #ALS recognized at the Oklahoma Capitol felt like a long shot…but we’re too stubborn!
Today: #ALSAwarenessMonth is officially recognized by @GovStitt and we just approved $1M for ALS services statewide. True team effort!
@chad4ok
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Great news out of #Oklahoma! @GovStitt has signed HB3705, which strengthens #schoolchoice by increasing funding for the state's private school tax credit program. Read more: koco.com/article/gov-kevin-s…
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Great news out of #Oklahoma! The Parental Choice Tax Credit Expansion (HB3705) by Speaker Kyle Hilbert and Senate President Pro Temp. Lonnie Paxton has passed both the House and Senate, and was signed by @GovStitt this morning! This new law will expand the current cap by $25M, which allows students to access more options! #OKleg @kylehilbert @senatorpaxton
OK Dept. of Emergency Management is asking residents impacted by the storms to report damage at damage.ok.gov. Reporting damage helps local and state emergency managers better coordinate response and recovery efforts and can help connect residents with resources.
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Great news out of #Oklahoma! The Senate just passed HB 1276, making the existing bell-to-bell distraction-free school policy permanent. This is a huge step in fostering focused learning for all students across the state. Thank you to Rep. Chad Caldwell & Sen. Ally Siefried for championing this bill. #OKleg
“Kids in the state of Oklahoma should not be limited on their outcomes, the rest of their life, based upon the ZIP code in which they reside,” ocpathink.org/post/independe…
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The Oklahoma House just passed HB442, one of the strongest early literacy laws in the nation, that will make sure students read proficiently by 3rd grade
I applaud Speaker @KyleHilbert and his colleagues for raising the bar in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma lawmakers have advanced legislation requiring school districts to tell voters exactly how much of their funding goes to classroom instruction before asking for approval of new bond projects. ocpathink.org/post/independe…
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BREAKING: Oklahoma House just passed a bill requiring the state to opt in to President Trump's new school choice program.
The vote was 73 to 20.
It now goes to the Senate.
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Lankford endorses Hern as well >
What a great Friday for Kevin Hern:
Stitt not running
Bice not running
Club endorsement
Trump endorsement
Lankford endorsement
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New: First Oklahoma Senate poll is done by Club For Growth.
Shows Rep. Kevin Hern polling 12 points better than Rep. Stephanie Bice and Gov Kevin Stitt in a hypothetical matchup.
Hern 52 / Stitt 40 / Undecided 8
Hern 49 / Bice 37 / Undecided 14
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As we all comb through Meta's internal docs, released via the lawsuits, it's fun to discover that @jean_twenge and I were getting under Meta's skin by 2019. See the screenshot below, from:
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They then ran their own RCT to show that Jean and I were wrong, but oops, they found that when people were randomly assigned to quit Insta or FB for a week, their mental health improved.
They called it "Project Mercury."
It is study 6.2 at
metasinternalresearch.org/
They found that those who stopped using Facebook for a week "reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and social comparison"
Their own researchers (all of whom had Ph.Ds) concluded that: “the Nielsen study does show causal impact on social comparison.”
So whenever you hear the Meta talking point that the evidence is "just correlational," or that there is "no evidence of causality," know that this is not true, and they have known it's not true since 2019.
Please check out the other 30 internal Meta studies we found and catalogued at
metasinternalresearch.org/
Also, there is SO MUCH additional academic research demonstrating causality since 2019:
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Prioritizing students over school systems should be our standard, not a reform.
It's time Oklahoma stopped defending education system as is | Opinion oklahoman.com/story/opinion/… via @theoklahoman_
