OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — After a long four months, the Oklahoma legislature's regular session has wrapped up.

Before the start of session, FOX25 sat down with House Speaker Charles McCall as he laid out his priorities for the next few months.

Now, after a contentious session of education reform, tax cuts and large-scale economic projects, we checked back in to see if he checked off all his boxes.

"There were some great accomplishments this year," Speaker McCall said.

The longest-reigning Speaker of the House had his sights set straight on education reform back in January.

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"But there's not a real easy mechanism on this particular issue, on the ESA or the voucher to work everywhere. But I think there's a path to get that done where it's a win everywhere," he told us before the start of session.

His prediction was correct. The education battle between the House and Senate stole most of the attention from other issues for most of session.

Lawmakers finally reached an agreement in the final weeks before sine die.

"It took three and a half months roughly to get a package across the line, and one everyone could agree to," Speaker McCall said. "But that's the process, and we have something to show for that."

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The nearly one billion dollar education package covers a parents' choice tax credit for private school education, teacher pay raises and the largest investment into public education.

These are the milestones the Speaker was hoping to meet.

"For that, it's worth the pain, it's worth the late nights, all the hours," Speaker McCall said.

While the education plan met the House's standards, there are some areas that fell short of their goals.

"We did do a little bit of tax reform this year, not to the extent that the House wanted to see, nor the Governor of the state," the Speaker said.

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The legislature eliminated the marriage penalty, which brought a higher tax rate for couples than those filing separately.

They also eliminated the franchise tax, which impacts businesses.

But, the Speaker is still pushing for more to ensure some of the state's massive surplus is returned to the taxpayers.

"We're going to continue to fight for the tax cuts," Speaker McCall said. "We believe in it, our revenues are going to be even higher."

The Governor did tease that he's considering calling the legislature back into a special session to come up with a tax cut, something he did last summer as well.

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