State pondering how to spend American Rescue Plan funds

By Janelle Stecklein/ CNHI State Reporter
Jul 21, 2021
8 hrs ago
OKLAHOMA CITY — State lawmakers Wednesday began the long process of deciding how to spend nearly $1.87 billion in federal American Rescue Plan funds aimed at helping Oklahoma recover from the pandemic.
In addition, Oklahoma’s 77 counties will split an additional $768 million. Its 10 largest municipalities will divvy up $300 million. Those include cities like Oklahoma, Tulsa, Moore, Norman, Enid, Lawton and Shawnee.
The remaining 580 Oklahoma communities with populations under 50,000 will eventually split $237 million — as long as they apply for funds through the state’s Municipal League. The state will have some oversight in the distribution of those funds, and Wednesday, lawmakers serving on the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding looked at a proposal that would allocate the money based on population size.

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