The Alva-Review Courier
09/28/10
By Lynn L. Martin
It is very rare for me to use this column to strongly urge you to vote a certain way. Closer to the November election, we'll take a look at all eleven of the State Questions from a more informational position.
However, SQ 744 has a sweet sounding title that will deceive you if your only research is reading the ballot on election day. How could anyone be against a ballot proposition that reads "Helping Oklahoma Education Act."
If passed, the act would essentially turn over the Oklahoma education budget-setting job to the surrounding states of Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico. Here is a fair description of the State Question from the web-site Ballot-Pedia:
"Oklahoma State Question 744, or SQ 744, is on the November 2, 2010 ballot in Oklahoma as an initiated constitutional amendment. The measure is known by its supporters as the Helping Oklahoma Public Education Act.
If it is approved, it will amend the Oklahoma Constitution to require the Oklahoma State Legislature to fund public education to at least the per-pupil average of neighboring states. SQ 744 was initiated by the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) after the union lost a lawsuit seeking to increase education funding." FULL ARTICLE
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Tue, September 28, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski