HISPANIC. >> AND WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT A REPORT UNCOVERING THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS RECEIVED TO MAKE OUT OF STATE TRIPS DURING HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE. USE FOR SPENCER HUMPHREY. >> HAS BEEN LOOKING OVER THE NUMBERS. SPENCER, WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT? YEAH. ALL THOSE EXPENSE RECORDS FIRST REPORTED BY THE FRONTIER SHOW STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS SPENT HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE TRAVELING THE COUNTRY TO APPEAR ON TALK SHOWS ATTEND. >> MOMS FOR LIBERTY CONFERENCE, EVEN GO TO A MOVIE PREMIERE ON THE TAXPAYERS DIME. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO SAY THAT IT WAS IN SUPPORT OF A CORE FUNCTION OF THE AGENCY. BRIANNA BAILEY IS MANAGING EDITOR FOR NONPROFIT NEWS OUTLET, THE FRONTIER.
SHE FIRST BROKE THIS STORY AFTER GETTING A HOLD OF STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS OUT OF STATE TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS FOR HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE. THEY SHOW WALTERS EXPENSE MORE THAN $4,000 TO OKLAHOMA TAXPAYERS LAST YEAR. IT STARTED IN APRIL WHEN HE EXPENSIVE TRIP HE TOOK TO THE DALLAS AREA. THE FRONTIER REPORTS EXPENSE HIS STATE, A HOTEL IN FRISCO. WHILE THERE HE WENT TO IRVING TO RECORD A PODCAST WITH CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR GLENN BECK THEN DROVE TO A MOVIE THEATER IN PLANO TO ATTEND A MOVIE PREMIERE. >> RYAN WALTERS WROTE ON TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT FORMS. THE TRIP WAS TO MEET WITH EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS. THAT SAME MONTH RECORDS SHOW THE STATE REIMBURSED WALTERS MORE THAN $1100 TO GO TO A CONFERENCE FOR A CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK IN MARYLAND. >> THEN IN JUNE, OVER $1000 FOR FLIGHTS TO AND FROM PHILADELPHIA WHERE HE SPOKE AT A MOMS FOR LIBERTY CONFERENCE. HE GOT MORE THAN $500 REIMBURSED IN JULY FOR A TRIP TO DENVER WHERE HE ATTENDED A SUMMIT FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR TEACHERS FREEDOM IN AUGUST.
THE STATE REIMBURSED HIM AROUND $1000 FOR SOME TRIPS TO WASHINGTON, D.C., MET WITH THAT. >> REPRESENTATIVE FOR FOX NEWS ABOUT GETTING MORE MEDIA APPEARANCES WITH FOX NEWS TELLS ME THAT RYAN LOVERS ARE NOT WORKING FOR MOMENT. >> HE'S WORKING FOR POLITICAL SENATOR MARY BOURNE IS WHO FIRST REQUESTED THOSE TRAVEL RECORDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. SHE SAYS GOVERNOR STITT MADE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SEVERAL YEARS AGO BANNING THIS KIND OF TRAVEL, GOVERNOR THAT, YOU KNOW, MORATORIUM ON HOW SAFE TRAVEL, 2019 NEWS, 4 ASKED ITS OFFICE IF THEY KNEW ABOUT WALTER'S TRAVELS. A SPOKESPERSON TOLD U.S. SUPERINTENDENT WALTERS IS A SEPARATELY ELECTED OFFICIAL SO HE DID NOT SEEK PERMISSION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. GOVERNOR STITT THINKS ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THIS AFTERNOON. A SPOKESPERSON FOR WALTERS TOLD ME HE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS AND DOCUMENTS TO SHARE MONDAY, BUT HE BELIEVES WALTERS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
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