[1] The OEA declared an end to the walkout on April 12 after an agreement to increase salaries and state funding for education was reached.
[2] Unlike the similar action in West Virginia, the walkout was not a "wildcat" strike, as it received endorsement from union leadership, albeit only after pressure from teachers.
[5] Due to the decrease in funding, twenty percent of schools run on four-day weeks, and many have eliminated art and language classes and shut down sports programs.
Support for a strike began to build in early March 2018, after another proposal (dubbed the "Step Up" plan) failed to pass the required 75% threshold for tax increases.
[1] After the Oklahoma legislature passed a tax increase to fund teach pay raises with the required 75% in each body on Friday, March 30, a strike beginning on the 2nd was announced.
State representative Kevin McDugle, a Republican, indicated he would not pass any bill or measure to increase education spending due to the protests undertaken by the teachers.