As of November 2021, the Tulsa Public Schools district is accredited by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

The governor expressed concern over reports of financial irregularities, questions about the length of COVID-related school closures, and questions about compliance with "a new state law limiting public school instruction on race, gender and history.

At the press conference, a member of the group Defense of Democracy was spat upon while questioning the school board's approach to handling prayer in official settings.

[6] In August 2023, Walters held another press conference to list the four areas of concern: financial mismanagement, spending more money on administration than in the classroom, reading proficiency scores that continue to decline, and failing schools.

[14] The Tulsa School Board has seven members, each representing a different geographic area of the district.