Gauging a plan to alter education funding in Oklahoma

  • State Board of Education projections show that districts like Oklahoma City Public Schools would have lost almost $7 million in state funding had a measure headed to the state Senate been in effect this year. Shown, a classroom at Nichols Hills Elementary. Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch
  • Gauging a plan to alter education funding in Oklahoma
A proposal to adjust the school funding formula could strip millions from urban and rural districts and shift it to others. Had it been in place this year, Oklahoma City Public Schools’ state aid would have been reduced by more than $7 million. Tulsa Public Schools would have received nearly $3 million less — the equivalent of 50 teachers’ salaries. The negative impact could be significant on…

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