Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Oklahoma's Education Funding Highest In State History

Oklahoma's Common Education Budget    Largest In State History By Nearly $400


by State Senator Micheal Bergstrom


Properly funding common education and getting our public school teachers a significant pay increase has been my top priority since taking office. What we in the legislature passed last week accomplishes much of that. 





































That does not mean we are through working to improve matters even more, but that is something which will be our focus beginning next session.
As you can see from the attached FY '19 Education funding graphic from the Oklahoma State School Board Association, we have increased the education budget by 19 percent, are providing the largest amount of state aid per weighted student ever, have the largest common education budget ever, beating the next highest budget by nearly $400 million.
We also gave the largest teacher pay raise in state history, making us the 12th highest teacher salary in the nation.
Now the legislature must move on to other priorities.
I appreciate the concerns of my constituents, including teachers and administrators, about the future of education in our state. With the bold steps we took last week we are creating a path for the future.
I look forward to our making even more progress together in the coming years.


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