70 OK teachers under investigation after Charlie Kirk comments

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced over 70 certified Oklahoma teachers have been identified after an investigation from OSDE into comments made regarding the killing of Charlie Kirk.

224 reports have been submitted, through a feature within the state's proprietary 'Awareity' software, regarding 'defamatory' comments, 30 reports spoke about some schools not observing a moment of silence, and 3 reports described schools not flying their flags at half staff.

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Supt. Walters demanded schools and teachers comply with his directives on honoring Charlie Kirk, with threats of unemployment for teachers if any 'defamatory or egregious comments' were made public or online.

"All teachers must abide by a set of standards written into the code of conduct," the statement reads. "Any teacher posting defamatory and egregious comments will NOT be teaching in Oklahoma classrooms and any school that refused to participate in a moment of silence and/or lower their flags for Charlie Kirk is currently under investigation."