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Education
Diverse education picks clear partisan, ideological hurdles
Four more of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s nominees for the State Board of Education advanced from the Senate Education Committee during a Tuesday morning meeting.Ray Carter | May 14, 2019
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Education
Oklahoma public schools send more than $1 billion to private companies every year
In 2017 alone, more than $1.5 billion of public-school money was spent on supplies and purchased services. The majority of this money went to for-profit businesses.Curtis Shelton | May 14, 2019
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Budget & Tax, Education
PLAC supports Democrats’ education budget
The Oklahoma Parent Legislative Action Committee (PLAC) has endorsed a Democratic budget plan. The proposal put forth by the House Democrats not only spends the entirety of this year’s $570 million surplus, but would increase total spending by more than $800 million. To fill the financial gap, Democrats would raise taxes on income and investment.Ray Carter | May 9, 2019
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Education
Stitt nominee passes committee over Democratic opposition
Democrat legislators opposed the appointment of William Flanagan, Jr. to the State Board of Education after he voiced support for charter schools and virtual education and said officials could reduce administrative duplication and waste in Oklahoma schools.Ray Carter | May 8, 2019
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Education
Tax-credit program helping rural students
A state tax-credit program, derided by union activists, is helping increase educational opportunity in rural public schools.Ray Carter | May 6, 2019
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Education
OEA’s liberal stances escape many lawmakers’ notice
The divide between the stances many Republican lawmakers claim to champion and the positions embraced by the OEA/NEA is stark.Ray Carter | May 3, 2019
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Education
OEA silence on ‘diversion’ of school funds is deafening
Less than a week after declaring strong opposition to tax credit legislation because such bills supposedly divert money from public schools, the Oklahoma Education Association has abandoned that stance and ignored millions in new tax credits, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs President Jonathan Small noted today.Staff | May 1, 2019
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Education
What does the research show on school choice?
Greg Forster, Ph.D. | April 29, 2019
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Education
Program called life-changing answer to prayer
Parents and school officials say a tax credit program that encourages private donations to scholarship-granting organizations has been, literally, life-saving and an answer to prayer, and urged lawmakers to expand the program.Ray Carter | April 22, 2019
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Education
Scholarship critics notably silent on millions in tax credits
Opponents of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act argue tax credits reduce available state funding for schools. But those same critics have been largely silent when it comes to a host of other tax-credit measures that involve at least $116 million in combined fiscal impact on state tax collections.Ray Carter | April 17, 2019