dollars be spend wisely. Teachers should be fighting to get the number of school districts reduced to cut back on administrative salaries. Additional administrative costs, purchasing, computer, etc. can also be consolidated into a smaller amount of regional officers. The result of more efficient spending is that there is more money made available to put into the classroom.
As a state employee I have watched the state move to consolidate smaller agencies under the umbrellas of OMES to cut back on costs. A lot of functions have been consolidated under the Oklahoma Management Enterprise System, a now huge super-agency that has worked well in some areas, not so well in others. Budget cuts are routinely shoved down the throats of state agencies.
We have a Governor and State Legislature that wants to cut taxes and cut budgets. Where on earth do you expect them to then come up with more and more funding for Education? There area also vital state agencies that required funding was well. As long as the Republicans and Tea Party crowd control Oklahoma you can expect to continue to see deterioration in Education funding and state services. That is just a sad fact of life.
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