Voter ID could be placed in state constitution
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Oklahomans could place voter ID requirements into the state constitution under a measure that has won committee approval in the state Senate.
Voter ID could be placed in state constitution Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Oklahoma should use some of its Covid money to provide direct cash assistance to help low-income families cover costs for child care, school tuition, tutoring, therapies, and more.
One of the least discussed harms from school closures during the pandemic has been the extra costs families face with securing child care, finding alternative education arrangements and losing income due to missing work. State leaders must step in. Governors should use their American Rescue Plan fun... (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Analysis: The Cost of School Closures Falls Heavily on Low-Income Families. A Cash Benefit from Federal COVID Funds Could Ease T... Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Legislation that would require public reporting on administrative spending in public schools, including a comparison of academic outcomes and spending in comparable districts, has won easy passage out of the Oklahoma Senate.
School transparency measure clears Oklahoma Senate Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
In the aftermath of the pandemic, Oklahoma’s policymakers should put parents in charge of education with a universal Education Savings Account, eliminate the personal income tax, and reform our state’s dysfunctional regulatory system.
Bold reforms for a post-pandemic Oklahoma Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Legislation that would require public schools to provide remediation to students who do not meet college-readiness benchmarks has cleared a state House subcommittee by a relatively narrow margin. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Student career-preparedness measure gets narrow approval Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s critics, who include some officials working in public schools, have suggested he can somehow stop the spread of an airborne virus with the wave of a government wand. If that’s true, then why haven’t those critics done so in public schools?
Why weren’t schools prepared for COVID? Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
The trajectory of Medicaid expenses, along with hospitals’ sudden confession that expansion is no longer a no-pain-all-gain bargain, provide a red warning flag for Oklahoma families.
Free Market Friday: Medicaid expansion presents financial challenge | The Journal Record Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Legislation that would automatically expunge the criminal record of low-level offenders who have served their time, increasing the likelihood they are able to obtain future employment, has passed unanimously out of a state House committee.
Oklahoma expungement measure advances Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
An analysis of Oklahoma’s open-transfer law finds that school districts’ vacancy rate is small, especially in coveted suburban areas. Moreover, many districts are flouting the law’s transparency requirement.
An analysis of Oklahoma’s open-transfer law finds that school districts’ vacancy rate is small, especially in coveted suburban areas. Moreover, many d (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Oklahoma open-transfer law benefiting few students Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Have you sent a tweet to Speaker McCall urging him to allow the House to hear SB 1647 and stand up for education freedom? You can do so easily by using the form below.
Parents deserve a choice! Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
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