Originally Posted by
jerrywall
I mean, you're TECHNICALLY correct, while also being a bit misleading. Not giving them a pass on the cuts that happened, and they certainly haven't raised it enough or kept up with growth, but 2008 was a blip. Prior to 2008 education spending had been flat, right at or under 3 B. It jumped to 3.82 B in 2008, and held steady for a couple of years, and then dropped down to about 3.5 B, still higher than it had been trending pre 2008. I've seen folks using the convenient 2008 number a lot, which was more a fluke than a pattern. (all of this gets worse if account for inflation and per pupil spending of course).
Either way, education has NEVER been a priority in Oklahoma, or at least in my lifetime. I'm not sure if it's a symptom or rural life or farm life or poverty levels or what...
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