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Article: Education Reform Funding May Be Stretched to 6th Year
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- February 11, 1994
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House Bill 1017, the five-year education reform plan, looked
Thursday like it might be stretching into a six-year plan after
the Oklahoma House of Representatives speaker indicated educators
would not get the full funding they sought. Early estimates
indicated the state would have $50 million or $60 million in
additional money for House Bill 1017, Rep. Glen Johnson,
D-Okemah, said.
The Oklahoma Education Board had sought $81 million in new
funding for the education act, plus $10 million expected from
dedicated tax revenue. The highest priority for the upcoming year