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By News Director Jared Atha
A bill that passed through the Oklahoma House of Representatives recently should help local brick-and-mortar public schools says District 57 Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton.
Moore says Senate Bill 229, or better known as the Redbud School Funding Act, proposes using medical marijuana taxes and the Common School Building Equalization Fund to provide annual per-student funding grants to eligible school districts and charter schools.
He says the act, if signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt, could be a big boost for local schools in western Oklahoma.
Currently more than 100 schools in the state that have joined together to file a lawsuit against the state school board for their decision made in March, requiring property taxes to be split evenly between public and charter schools.
Mark Lea
OKLAHOMA CITY â Cherokee Nation citizen and Stilwell Grade School Principal Mark Lea has been named the Principal of the Year by the Oklahoma Association of Elementary School Principals.
Lea and other OAESP award winners will be honored during the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration Summer Leadership Conference on June 8-10. Â
According to the OAESP, its Administrator of the Year Awards promote leadership in elementary education by recognizing individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools through programs that exemplify the highest standards and promote student achievement.
Lea is described as a leader with a vision who provides support to students and teachers but also keeps in mind the importance of the community in which he serves, according to the OAESP.
Voting open for the Co-op of the Year Awards
By Anca Voinea
Co-operatives UK has announced the shortlisted co-ops for the Co-op of the Year Awards. This year’s awards aim to highlight co-operative enterprises that have shown a particular commitment to the co-operative principles, and those who have stepped up to support their communities during the pandemic.
A total of 23 co-ops and five co-op councils have been shortlisted for the national awards, which is sponsored by the Co-operative Bank.
The awards feature five categories.
The Leading Co-op of the Year Award is for co-ops with a turnover above £30 million. The shortlisted co-ops in this category are:
By News Director Jared Atha
A bill that seeks to correct funding disparities for brick-and-mortar public schools in low property value areas while addressing charter school funding passed the House on Wednesday.
Senate Bill 229, co-authored by Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, creates the Redbud School Funding Act, which proposes using medical marijuana taxes and the Common School Building Equalization Fund to provide annual per-student funding grants to eligible school districts and charter schools.
The bill came after the State Board of Education’s recent settlement with the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association would have granted charter schools access to local property tax dollars that at present, only traditional public schools have the ability to access. If unchanged, the decision would shift tens of millions of local property tax dollars away from traditional public schools and into public charter schools. The decision was made in part because charter schools receive $3