Oklahoma State Department of Education board member Carlisha Williams Bradley wipes down the desk before Oklahoma's State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister's emergency meeting of the Oklahoma State Department of Education in Oklahoma City, Monday, March 16, 2020, to announce the closing of public school till April 6 to combat the spread of the coronavirus. (Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman via AP)
March 17, 2020
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Legislature approves open meeting changes amid outbreak
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Legislature approved sweeping changes to the state's Open Meeting Act on Tuesday to allow government bodies to meet via teleconference, a move that was in response to the coronavirus outbreak and alarmed open government advocates who worried the changes were too extreme.