Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued an official opinion Wednesday confirming state legislators are fully authorized to attend executive sessions of every state agency, board and commission.
The ruling came after legislators were denied entry into such sessions the past two months at meetings of the Oklahoma State Board of Education, led by state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters.
The opinion, which has the force of law absent a court ruling, came the day before the board’s August meeting. The agenda for that meeting, posted Wednesday before Drummond’s opinion was issued, does not have an executive session scheduled, a departure from previous meetings…