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We’ve become accustomed to stories of campus follies, of “white wokesters” run wild at colleges. Many Oklahomans view those stories as something that happens
School funding, charter school issues on agenda at Capitol By: Jennifer Palmer Oklahoma Watch February 8, 2021
The Nichols Hills Elementary School library. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
It’s been a disruptive and uncertain year for public education, and initiatives to be considered by the Oklahoma Legislature could continue to shake things up.
Districts experienced huge shifts in student enrollment this year. Most declined slightly, especially in the youngest grades. Meanwhile, enrollment in virtual charter schools skyrocketed.
Some lawmakers are addressing this moment with initiatives to expand student transfers between districts and rework the decades-old funding formula.
Another lingering issue at the statehouse is Epic Charter Schools. How will lawmakers address the findings of the state auditor and inspector’s report, released in October? Among measures to watch this session:
The dictionary would have a difficult time anyway. There are several competing definitions in Oklahoma.
Stitt referred to “ghost students” in his State of the State address last week as students who no longer attend a district, but their former school still receives state funds as if they did.
Stitt’s use of the phrase might have come as a surprise to some. It first entered Oklahoma’s lexicon in July 2019 from court records documenting a criminal investigation of Epic Charter Schools.
Now, “ghost students” has entered an entirely different context, and one that could have a significant impact on school funding.