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Education
Marijuana tax could pay for school buildings
Oklahoma schools with limited or no local property tax funding would receive marijuana tax revenue to help cover building costs under legislation approved by a Senate committee on Wednesday.Ray Carter | February 13, 2020
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Education
Senate leader: Tax-credit scholarships help kids who ‘lack opportunity’
Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat said this week the Senate is prepared to increase the cap on Oklahoma’s tax-credit scholarship program, throwing his support behind a proposal highlighted by Gov. Kevin Stitt in his State of the State address.Ray Carter | February 11, 2020
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Education
How much money does a government school monopoly need?
In Oklahoma as elsewhere, there is no upper limit to demands for more money from a government school system that has consistently squandered regular spending increases. However much we spend, it’s never enough; however big the spending increase is, it’s still so small that expecting to see any results from it is unreasonable.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | February 10, 2020
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Education
Seemingly harmless choice regulations compromise families’ privacy
In another state, the government school monopoly has provided Oklahoma with an object lesson. It handed over private, personal data on families in one of its choice programs to a lobbying group that opposes choice.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | February 7, 2020
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Education
Trump, Stitt both support tax-credit scholarships
President Donald Trump urged Congress to advance a federal tax-credit scholarship program during his State of the Union address Tuesday evening, just one day after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt urged state lawmakers to expand Oklahoma’s version of the same program.Ray Carter | February 5, 2020
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Education
Will 2020 see union reform?
Proposed legislation would give teachers the right to negotiate independently with a school district employer. Another proposed bill would allow teachers to vote periodically whether to keep their union, look for a new union, or do without union representation altogether.Ray Carter | February 5, 2020
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Education
Stitt gives strong support to tax-credit scholarship program
Crossover Preparatory Academy's hard work and achievements were highlighted by Gov. Kevin Stitt at his State of the State address. Stitt urged lawmakers to raise the cap on the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act that allowed the boys to attend private school.Ray Carter | February 3, 2020
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Education
Parents urged to drive change via school choice
Perry Daniel, a longtime educator who is currently an official with K12, an online education provider, told parents that through school choice they have the power to change education to address the real, 21st-century needs of their children.Ray Carter | January 30, 2020
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Education
OEA membership slide continues
The Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) has long claimed to speak for state teachers. But it now represents considerably fewer than half of them, according to new filings with the Internal Revenue Service as reported by labor analyst Mike Antonucci.Mike Brake | January 22, 2020
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Education
Tax-credit scholarship program could shape north Tulsa’s future
Crossover Preparatory Academy is a private school serving all-male, primarily black and low-income students. Ensuring there’s a way to pay for local youth to attend the private school is a challenge— that’s where the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act comes in.Ray Carter | January 15, 2020