“I remain confident the State and Oklahoma’s tribes can hammer out a compromise that is a win-win for all Oklahomians, and we can accomplish this without putting public education in the crosshairs,” the governor reasoned.<\/p>\n
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State Democrats oppose the governor’s wishes to tap into a reserve to continue funding education during his gaming compact strife. Stitt says that while the tribes continue to send in their casino share payments, his administration isn’t cashing the checks until new compacts are decided.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In his state of the state address, Stitt’s budget proposal included an $11 million increase for state schools.<\/p>\n
An op-ed from the Tulsa World <\/i>editorial board panned the fiscal scheme, saying, “There’s not a penny in the governor’s budget for reducing class sizes or giving schools more money to deal with higher operating costs. There’s no money to encourage school consolidation or to fund desperately needed school counselors.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Quapaw Nation says it’s joining five other tribes in Oklahoma that are negotiating with Republican Governor Kevin Stitt on the future of their casino compacts. The Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations filed a lawsuit against Stitt on New Year’s Eve, arguing their 15-year gaming compacts automatically renew January 1. The trio of tribes were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":127137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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