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State Lawmakers Approve Plan Sending Medical Marijuana Tax Revenue To Low-Income Schools When voters approved medical marijuana in 2018, proponents of the measure said portion of its tax revenue would go to education. Now, lawmakers think they ve zeroed in on the best way to spend the multimillion-dollar tax revenue. The Oklahoma House of Representatives unanimously approved a plan Wednesday that would direct medical marijuana tax revenue to the state’s low-income districts as well as brick and mortar public charter schools. The bill also reverses a State Department of Education decision to allow in-person and virtual charter schools draw on local tax dollars meant to finance school building funds.   

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