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A Primer for Understanding Oklahomas School Funding System

6/23/2022

This paper describes Oklahoma’s common school formula funding in detail, providing many insights. In addition, an overview of the state’s public education funding is provided.

A Primer for Understanding Oklahoma’s School Funding System

Author: Byron Schlomach

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An encore reposting of the works of the 1889 Institute.

Certificates of Need: An Oklahoma CON that Needs Repealing

6/22/2022

This paper provides a brief history of Certificates of Need (CON) in the U.S., Oklahoma’s two CON laws, their economic effects, and recommends their repeal.

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Certificates of Need: An Oklahoma CON that Needs Repealing

Authors: Byron Schlomach, Per Bylund, and Vance H. Fried

Abstract: An encore reposting of the research from the 1889 Institute.

Oklahomas Billion-Dollar Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust

6/21/2022

This paper briefly describes the constitutionally-established fund into which 75 percent of the state’s tobacco settlement payments are deposited. Investment proceeds are partly used to fund tobacco use cessation efforts. The paper explores the sources of funding, its uses, and whether it can be put to alternative uses.

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Oklahoma’s Billion-Dollar Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust

Author: Byron Sclomach

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An encore reposting of the research from the 1889 Institute.

Blueprint for Education Reform: Educational Choice and Empowered Public Schools

6/20/2022

This paper lays out a vision for the future of education that is coming due to technological disruption of the current, outdated factory model. Policy must evolve by providing greater educational choice.

Blueprint for Education Reform: Educational Choice and Empowered Public Schools.

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Vance H. Fried

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An encore reposting of the research from the 1889 Institute.

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Wind Energy Tax Credits

6/19/2022

Oklahoma provides a half-cent per kilowatt hour income tax credit for wind generation. This represents a subsidy to the wind energy industry and is very costly given the need to double-up on electrical generation capacity.

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Wind Energy Tax Credits

Author:
Byron Schlomach

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An encore reposting of the research from the 1889 Institute.

Designing an Education Savings Account

6/18/2022

Designing an Education Savings Account

Authors: Byron Schlomach, Vance H. Fried

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This paper provides a comprehensive framework for an Oklahoma ESA program – an update of an earlier publication.

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An encore reposting of the research from the 1889 Institute.

Oklahoma is a Medium Not Low Tax & Spending State

6/17/2022

This paper demonstrates that when state and local taxes and spending in Oklahoma are compared to the same in other states as a percentage of GDP, Oklahoma ranks surprisingly high in tax and spending metrics.

Author: Byron Schlomach

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Oklahoma is a Medium, Not Low, Tax & Spending State

An encore reposting of the works of the 1889 Institute.

Medicaid Expansion: Bad Policy by Any Name

6/16/2022

This paper critiques a plan put forth by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority that effectively expands Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare.

Author: Byron Schlomach
Abstract: An encore reposting of the works of the 1889 Institute.

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Medicaid Expansion: Bad Policy by Any Name

Changing the Conversation: Three Ideas for Lower-Cost Not Higher-Cost College

6/15/2022

This paper proposes three big ideas for reducing the cost of higher education. These include:

Two years of low-cost virtual education,
Greater cooperation with Western Governors University, and
Development of a $10,000 bachelor’s degree.

Changing the Conversation: Three Ideas for Lower-Cost, Not Higher-Cost, College.

Authors: 1889 Institute, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, Americans for Prosperity.

Abstract: An encore reposting of the works of the 1889 Institute.

Tax Increment Finance Districts (TIFs)

6/14/2022

When towns, cities, or counties create TIF districts, tax revenues that result from additional sales or increased property taxes are not shared in the community as a whole but are concentrated on the district. TIFs burden those not in the TIF to support community-wide infrastructure and schools. TIF money is often spent on private investment and favors large corporations.

Tax Increment Finance Districts (TIFs)

Author: Byron Schlomach

Abstract: An encore reposting of the works of the 1889 Institute.