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House Bill 4017 passed through the House, which will reportedly fix the Oklahoma State Department of Education's teacher signing bonus program.

OKLAHOMA CITY — If House and Senate lawmakers can agree on one thing, it might be this: They want more of a voice on the Oklahoma State Board of Education.

Both chambers have advanced bills to add four more seats to the influential state board to include members chosen by the House speaker and Senate pro tem.

House Bill 2562, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, would break the governors 14-year near-monopoly on the OSBE and is similar to a bill passed by the Senate Education Committee.

OKLAHOMA CITY — If House and Senate lawmakers can agree on one thing, it might be this: They want more of a voice on the Oklahoma State Board of Education.

Lawmakers who are dissatisfied with the course charted for common education by the state’s executive branch took what they considered corrective action on Tuesday.

The Association of Oklahoma General Contractors, Oklahomas largest road and bridge builders association, announced this week it supports House Bill 4013, the “Higher Education Capital Financing Act,” by Rep. Mark

Since all these bills were heard in a budget subcommittee, they now need a vote from the full budget committee before they can reach the House floor.

The state legislature is revamping a teacher signing bonus previously started up by the State Department of Education, in a program that led to multiple lawsuit

The funding is linked to the $2 billion American Heartland Theme Park and Resort.