Earlier this week, the Oklahoma Senate proudly unveiled a comically bad proposal that would rob from the Oklahoma Teacher Retirement System to fund things like teacher pay raises, private school tax credits, and literacy initiatives.
Here are the details via KOCO:
The Oklahoma Senate has proposed a plan to allocate $254 million to education initiatives, including teacher pay raises, literacy funding, and more, by redirecting funds from the Teacher Retirement System.
State Sen. Adam Pugh, a Republican from Edmond, wants to give every teacher in Oklahoma a $2,500 pay raise as part of the investment in schools…
"Not only do we need a plan, but we have to invest in the people implementing that plan," Pugh said.
The proposal also includes funding for literacy and math coaches and raising the cap on the parental choice tax credit.