Educators Support Selectivity on State Budget Cuts
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Local education leaders commended the Oklahoma State Board of Education for minimizing the impact of budget cuts on early childhood education and said they would have to make do with a host of other program cuts announced this week.
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Mentor teacher stipends: A stipend for more experienced teachers who mentor newer teachers.
Academic Achievement Awards: monetary awards to top-performing teachers at top-performing/most-improved schools.
Ag in the Classroom: Provides resources to teachers for students to learn about Oklahoma’s food and fiber industry.
Oklahoma Ambassador of Teaching: Pays a school district to hire a full-time substitute to fill in for the selected State Teacher of the Year.
Rural Infant Stimulation Environment: An early-intervention program for children with disabilities.
Other programs are taking cuts as well, such as:
Staff development: cut $7.8 million and funded $8.5 million. Alternative and High Challenge Education: cut $2.5 million, funded $17.2 million.
Instructional Co-op Technical Education: cut $185,017, funded $300,000.
Early Intervention/Sooner Start: cut $2.6 million, funded $13.8 million.