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Higher Education
Landmark lawsuit targets Christian higher education
One of Oklahoma’s largest faith-based universities is among 25 higher education institutions named in a federal class-action lawsuit recently brought against the U.S. Department of Education.Staci Elder Hensley | May 6, 2021
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Education
Echoes of racist past now heard in modern classrooms
While many thought lessons of racism were a thing of the past, critics say “critical race theory” has revived them in modified form.Ray Carter | May 5, 2021
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Health Care
Oklahoma House seeks to grow state health agency
The Oklahoma House of Representatives recently passed Senate Bill 131, which would greatly increase the size and scope of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.Kaitlyn Finley | May 4, 2021
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Higher Education
OU students, staff to be graded on ‘antiracism’
A new report issued by the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture (GCA) at the University of Oklahoma reveals that students and staff in the architecture program could soon be evaluated for their support of “anti-racist” beliefs.Ray Carter | May 4, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma PTA seeks veto of bill targeting critical race theory
The Oklahoma PTA (parent-teacher association) is urging Gov. Kevin Stitt to veto legislation that would make it illegal for schools to teach children that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”Ray Carter | May 4, 2021
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Higher Education
The future of vocational education: flexibility and choice
New programs in Oklahoma and West Virginia point the way to a solution for vocational education: put the parents and students themselves in charge, and let them build an education that works.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | May 3, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Biden’s coercive tax policies
President Joe Biden has proposed to increase the federal corporate tax rate, raising the rate from 21 percent to 28 percent, to help pay for his infrastructure plan.Curtis Shelton | May 3, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Giving tax money to people who oppose your values
Oklahoma already provides $8 million in annual film subsidies. But a new proposal would ramp that up to at least $20 million, and perhaps as much as $50 million, per year.Jonathan Small | May 3, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Ban on racist instruction sent to governor
Legislation banning the use of racist instruction in Oklahoma classrooms has won easy approval in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and been sent to Gov. Kevin Stitt.Ray Carter | April 29, 2021
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Law & Principles
OCPA applauds passage of HB 1775
Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, issued the following statement to praise final passage of House Bill 1775.Staff | April 29, 2021