Teachers jeer at Oklahoma lawmakers as call for more revenue goes unheard

For the second time this week, the House of Representatives adjourned after rejecting calls for more revenue to fund education — eliciting jeers and groans from the teacher-packed House gallery.

Presiding officer Josh Cockroft, R-Wanette, responded by ordering state troopers and House sergeants-at-arms to clear the gallery.

The striking teachers quickly quieted and were allowed to remain.

It was that kind of day at the Capitol, as teachers became increasingly vocal in their demands for more education funding on the second day of their strike.