WHEREAS,
Stand
for
Children
(SFC)
is
a
community
organizing
and
lobbying
group
originating
from
out
of
state,
with
the
goal
to
promote
the
agendas
of
multimillion-dollar
private
organizations
who
want
centralized
control
of
education;
WHEREAS,
Stand
for
Children
is
adamantly
supportive
of
Common
Core
State
Standards
and
curriculum,
intrusive
data
collection
and
sharing,
heavy
handed
teacher
evaluation
methods,
and
forced
closings
of
public
schools;
WHEREAS,
At
the
Oklahoma
State
Capitol
in
March
of
2014,
in
an
effort
to
deceive
the
Oklahoma
State
Legislature
and
misrepresent
the
will
of
the
people,
Stand
for
Children
(SFC)
presented
a
fraudulent
pro
Common
Core
petition
containing
names
used
without
permission
and
bogus
signatures,
including
but
not
limited
to
Barack
Obama
as
a
resident
of
Oklahoma
City;
WHEREAS,
A
political
arm
of
Stand
for
Children
was
utilized
in
expending
over
$360,000
in
the
Oklahoma
2014
general
elections,
all
in
partisan
attempts
to
defeat
Republicans
with
liberal
democrats
and
weaken
the
Republican
majority;
WHEREAS,
The
faulty
attempt
by
Stand
for
Children
to
use
a
dark
money
group
to
avoid
disclosure
of
donors
who
were
targeting
Republicans
during
the
2014
general
elections
resulted
in
a
$10,000
fine
levied
by
the
Oklahoma
Ethics
Commission;
and
WHEREAS,
The
same
Oklahoma
management
of
the
non-partisan
advocacy
group
also
participated
as
Chair
of
the
dark
money
group
and
expended
money
only
used
against
Republicans
in
the
general
Oklahoma
election
cycle;
therefore
be
it
RESOLVED,
The
Oklahoma
Republican
Party
stands
in
support
of
our
Republican
State
Legislature
in
their
adherence
to
our
Republican
Party
Principles,
Platform,
and
Resolutions;
RESOLVED,
The
Oklahoma
Republican
Party
strongly
condemns
Stand
for
Children
for
masquerading
as
a
non-partisan
children's
advocacy
group
while
engaging
in
deceptive
practices
to
advance
the
Lefts
agenda;
RESOLVED,
The
Oklahoma
Republican
Party
strongly
condemns
the
subversive
and
unethical
tactics
SFC
has
used
in
lobbying
the
legislature
and
in
influencing
competitive
legislative
races;
and
RESOLVED,
The
Oklahoma
Republican
Party
strongly
condemns
Stand
for
Children
as
the
behavior
exhibited
over
the
past
year
has
no
place
within
good
government
practices
and
civil
discourse.
*As
Adopted
by
the
Oklahoma
Republican
Party
State
Convention
April
11,
2015