Oklahoma
Oklahoma board approves proposal requiring parents disclose immigration status when enrolling children in school

The Oklahoma State Board of Education on Tuesday to approved a new administrative rule proposed by State Superintendent Ryan Walters that would require parents to disclose their children’s immigration status when enrolling them in school.
The rule states that when parents or legal guardians enroll their children in school, they must “provide proof of United States citizenship at the time of enrollment.” This proof can be demonstrated through documents such as a valid permanent resident card, US passport, or US birth certificate, among others.
At the board meeting, Walters clarified “There’s nothing in this rule that stops a child [without valid immigration status] from accessing a school.” Rather, the rule is for “data gathering.” When asked about whether this information would be shared voluntarily by the Oklahoma Department of Education (DOE), Walters explained that if the DOE is asked for the information by law enforcement or other government officials will they provide it.
The National Immigration Law Center previously urged board members to reject the proposal over concerns related to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment:
All children have a constitutional right to equal access to education regardless of their citizenship or immigration status. Requiring school districts to collect information about immigration status illegally chills access to this opportunity, interfering with their ability to focus on their core mission: to educate children and give all students the ability to grow, thrive, and participate fully in our democracy.
This new administrative rule comes amid the start of President Donald Trump’s administration, which has initiated several policies aiming to crack down on illegal immigration. In one of Trump’s numerous executive orders, he declared a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. Trump also issued an executive order restricting birthright citizenship for children of non-citizens, which has since been blocked by a federal judge.
The Oklahoma proposal awaits final approvals from the governor and state legislature.

Oklahoma
Oklahoma Ford Sports Blitz: February 23

This week on the Oklahoma Ford Sports Blitz, Dean Blevins, John Holcomb and Toby Rowland begin the show with their opening takes.
Sunday, February 23rd 2025, 11:14 pm
By:
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OKLAHOMA CITY –
This week on the Oklahoma Ford Sports Blitz, Dean Blevins, John Holcomb, and Toby Rowland begin the show with their opening takes.
Toby’s Top 3
Thunder Report: Thunder Vs Timberwolves
OSU Wrestling recap
OU, OSU, TU, ORU Basketball recap
Viewer Question
OSU, OU, ORU, TU Baseball and Softball update
Play The Percentages
Oklahoma
No. 2 Softball Tops Tulsa in Home Opener, 8-0 – University of Oklahoma

OU has won five straight games in run-rule fashion, while earning its 30th straight win in home openers.
Oklahoma clawed away in the second inning, pushing across three two-out runs to take a 3-0 advantage. Isabela Emerling walked, Gabbie Garcia singled up the middle on an eight-pitch at-bat and Abigale Dayton walked on five pitches. After getting down 1-2, Ella Parker rolled a grounder over the first base bag that went by Tulsa’s Paige Knight, scoring three.
OU added one more in the third. Pickering one-hopped the wall with a double and Ailana Agbayani scored her with a nice piece of hitting, roping an RBI single through the left side.
The Sooners got to eight in the fourth, starting with a Garcia double, who scored after a groundout and wild pitch. Parker started the rally again, finding space in left field for a double before Cydney Sanders walked. Pickering hit a three-run home run to dead center to make it 8-0.
Isabella Smith spun a scoreless fifth to continue her scoreless inning streak to 16.2 innings.
OU 8, Tulsa 0 (5 inn.)
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kierston Deal (2-0)
Loss: Maura Moore (4-3)
Statistical Snapshot
- The official attendance was 4,261, good for a program record for attendance in home games in February
- OU has won five-straight games via run-rule
- The Sooners picked up their 25th win at Love’s Field
- The last time OU won by five consecutive run rules was in March of 2022
- OU is 49-10 against Tulsa
- Parker is on an 11-game hitting streak this season and a 15-game hitting streak dating back to June of last season
- OU has won 30 consecutive home openers
- OU has won via run rule in two of the last four home openers
Up Next
No. 2 Oklahoma continues its home-opening tournament tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. against Wichita State.
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Oregon State Baseball Set To Face Oklahoma
Oregon State and Oklahoma are meeting for the 10th time and first since 2015. The Sooners hold a 6-3 advantage and the teams are playing their fourth neutral-site game in the series.
– The win over Virginia marked Oregon State’s 24th over a top-25 team in the Mitch Canham era. It was the fifth versus a top-10 club.
– All nine Beaver starters recorded at least one hit versus the Cavaliers.
– The Beavers and Sooners are two of the remaining 42 teams to be unbeaten nationally this season.
– Oregon State’s scoring margin of plus-8.8 is tied for 12th nationally. The Beavers have scored 55 runs to opponents’ 11.
– OSU has yet to allow a run in the first, fourth or sixth innings.
– Just three of the 25 hits allowed by OSU’s pitching staff this season have gone for extra bases.
– All five wins this season have come by five or more runs.
– The Beavers have tallied 10 or more hits in the last four games and have 64 on the season. That’s an average of 12.8 per game.
– Aiva Arquette, Trent Caraway and Tyce Peterson all carry five-game hit streaks into Saturday’s matchup. Wilson Weber has also hit safely in every game he’s played this season, at four games.
– Dax Whitney, Saturday’s probable starter, is the reigning Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week. He struck out eight in five scoreless innings in his collegiate debut versus UNLV in Surprise last week.
– OSU is in the midst of a now 10-game road trip to open the 2025 season. It was shortened from 11 to 10 games after Wednesday’s game versus Houston was canceled.
– Oregon State is 98-35 when not committing an error under Mitch Canham. OSU is 3-0 this season.
– OSU is 121-37 when scoring first during Canham’s tenure.
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