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Budget & Tax
Review shows little benefit from TSET spending
In its latest report presented to lawmakers, the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) evaluated the outcomes generated by the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust spending over the past two decades.Ray Carter | June 21, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma praised for reading test standards, but not results
Statewide tests are required in schools nationwide to measure academic performance, but many states declare “proficiency” has been achieved for scores that are far below the level set in national standards.Ray Carter | June 21, 2021
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Education
Lawmakers say anti-CRT work not done
Although House Bill 1775 was signed into law this year, the bill’s authors say that doesn’t mean the fight against CRT is over in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | June 17, 2021
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Education
School-board-endorsed insurer going under
An entity selling property insurance coverage to school districts, which paid more than $1.5 million to the Oklahoma State School Boards Association for endorsements, is going out of business at the end of June.Ray Carter | June 15, 2021
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Higher Education
Lawsuit seeks release of OU report on Boren allegations
NonDoc has filed a lawsuit in Cleveland County District Court asking a judge to order the release of two reports prepared by the Jones Day law firm for the University of Oklahoma, including one report dealing with sexual allegations against former OU President David Boren.Ray Carter | June 11, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma’s ‘best’ school fares poorly in national comparison
The Jenks Public Schools district has been identified as the best school in Oklahoma in a national review, despite that same evaluation finding less than half of students at the district read at grade level.Ray Carter | June 9, 2021
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Higher Education
OU athletes required to watch anti-Trump film
Scholarship athletes at OU were required to watch and discuss a political documentary that compares former President Donald Trump and his supporters with violent segregationists in the 1960s.Ray Carter | June 7, 2021
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma official warns federal bill could cause election 'chaos'
In a letter sent to Oklahoma’s two U.S. senators, the secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board warned that an election bill promoted by congressional Democrats “guarantees chaos in our elections.”Ray Carter | June 3, 2021
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Education
Does race massacre ‘silence’ show need for school choice?
A common theme of commemorations of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was that the event was swept under the rug, particularly in public schools, for most of the past 100 years.Ray Carter | June 2, 2021
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Culture & the Family
State treasurer will not seek re-election
Oklahoma State Treasurer Randy McDaniel has unexpectedly announced he will not seek re-election next year.Ray Carter | June 1, 2021