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Swede

(34,923 posts)
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 07:30 PM Nov 11

Oklahoma schools set to lose $1 billion in funding if the Department of Education is eliminated.

Oklahoma’s worried about how to continue SPED and other school services if they lose a billion a year in federal money from the DOE after voting to dismantle the DOE.

https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-education/superintendent-walters-issues-memo-on-dismantling-u-s-department-of-education/

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Oklahoma schools set to lose $1 billion in funding if the Department of Education is eliminated. (Original Post) Swede Nov 11 OP
You voted for it. Yavin4 Nov 11 #1
like george carlin said, schools are dummied down to minimal standards to fill the low end job market so losing msongs Nov 11 #2
They'll get what they voted for n/t Vogon_Glory Nov 11 #3
Thaaaat's a shame Prairie Gates Nov 11 #4
Let then fund them with felon bibles malaise Nov 11 #5

msongs

(70,309 posts)
2. like george carlin said, schools are dummied down to minimal standards to fill the low end job market so losing
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 07:32 PM
Nov 11

money should'nt make that much difference

Vogon_Glory

(9,601 posts)
3. They'll get what they voted for n/t
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 07:32 PM
Nov 11

Until Democrats find a way to pierce the bubbles R’s like to encase themselves in, the only way for them to learn is through pain.

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