Articles
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Higher Education
‘Diversity’ officials seek to transform OU
Based on figures reported by OU officials, student interest in “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) training is apparently not widespread without a mandate.Ray Carter | April 5, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Beware the bailout
The Oklahoma state government is expected to receive $2.1 billion in bailout funding, but that money comes with a catch.Jonathan Small | April 5, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Price tag for ‘fully funded’ schools: another $2.1 billion?
Democrats, teacher union officials and allied groups have staunchly opposed even minor education reforms this year, arguing that lawmakers should instead “fully fund” traditional public schools.Ray Carter | April 1, 2021
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Health Care
Does the Oklahoma Hospital Association oppose price transparency?
In a recent post, the Oklahoma Hospital Association seemed to imply that it finds “troubling” the idea that hospitals should provide patients a good-faith estimate of costs prior to a medical treatment.Kaitlyn Finley | April 1, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
‘Ghost student’ bill clears final hurdle, signed by governor
Legislation that would reduce payments to schools for students they do not teach won Senate approval and was quickly signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt.Ray Carter | March 31, 2021
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Education
Tulsa superintendent attacks Legislature over school funding
Gist made comments about state lawmakers during a press conference this week in which she attacked a legal settlement reached between the state and the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association.Ray Carter | March 30, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Many rural schools gain when ‘ghost students’ eliminated
A new Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) analysis shows that more than half of schools, the majority of which are rural districts, would have received increased funding this year if their share of state appropriations was based on current-year student enrollment.Ray Carter & Curtis Shelton | March 30, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Betsy DeVos to receive OCPA’s Citizenship Award
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will be the recipient of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affair’s 2021 Citizenship Award.Staff | March 30, 2021
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Education
COVID masks touted amidst COVID plunge
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister recently touted an increase in mask supply for schools even as the actual number of COVID-19 cases has plunged in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | March 29, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma lawmakers shouldn’t fund ‘critical race theory’ training
What do Pepé Le Pew and a high-school student in Las Vegas have in common? Both are targets of adherents of Marxist-derived “critical race theory” and its offshoots.Jonathan Small | March 29, 2021