Speaker McCall, House GOP releases plan with $500M increase to education funding, plus private/homeschool tax credit
Over the past few years, the House and Senate have been at odds in many regards on education reform, particularly given the Senate’s emphasis on vouchers for school choice. On Thursday, House Speaker Charles McCall and members of the House GOP caucus released a broad education plan that includes $500M for public schools (including a $2,500 teacher pay raise), plus a tax credit framework for private school and homeschool students.
I haven’t studied this in detail yet, but homeschoolers generally are less opposed to the idea of tax credits, whereas straight vouchers draw much more severe opposition over the greater threat of regulation/intrusion. We’ll have to see what the particulars are on this proposal.
Here’s the official press release on the House GOP education plan:
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma House Republicans on Thursday announced an education plan designed for every student, parent and teacher in the state.
Congress Has the Chance to End Endless Wars
The president is not to be entrusted with the declaration of war. The U.S. has been constantly at war over the last two decades. Rather than go to the American people to justify new wars, however, successive presidents relied on past authorizations dating back to the 1991 Gulf War. Some of these enactments were flawed […]
State Senate passes bill banning “gender transition” procedures for minors
Good news:Senate approves bill prohibiting gender transition procedures for minorsOKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 15th) – The full Senate has approved a measure prohibiting gender transition procedures for children under the age of 18. Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartl…
Fauci Changes His Public Tune on Covid Vaccines
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., July 20, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via Reuters)But the mandates he continued to promote when he knew the shots gave limited protection had disastrous effects. NR Daily is delivered right to you every afternoon. No charge. SUBSCRIBE Dr. Anthony […]
Don Spencer interviewed by the Oklahoman – Proposed Gun Laws in 2023 Legislative Session
Don Spencer was recently interviewed by reporter, Ben Felder from the “Oklahoman” regarding the gun bills in front of the Oklahoma State Legislature this session. You can keep up with where the bills are in committee here on our website on our 2023 Legislative page. This page contains a scrollable pdf you can view with
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The Largest Environmental Disaster in US History?
With all of the Chyna balloons and UFOs going around, unless you live in East Palestine, Ohio or if you consume a lot of independent news, you probably don’t know that the US is currently experiencing what may be the largest ecological disaster in its history. And I’m not talking about the fake Climate Change […]
Oklahoma’s Pro-Abortion Bill (SB 834)
The Oklahoma Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed SB 834 by (r)epublican, Senator Julie Daniels last week: http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=Sb834&Session=2300 SB 834 protects abortion in four ways: With the Repeal of Roe V Wade last summer one would assume Oklahoma legislators … Continue reading
Absolutely Worthless and Criminal Are the Constitution, Conservatism, ‘Liberalism,’ Voting, and Government
“A man’s natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime; whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, or by millions calling themselves a government.” ~ Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority It […]
The GOP will win by making voting harder for everyone
Now that the midterms are over, this is not the time to relax. Here is an early warning for the GOP: Today is the day you must begin securing 2024’s election. Not a year from now. Not six months from now. Not next week. Today. Make voting much, much harder for everyone. Here at American […]
The American Legal System Is Becoming An Instrument Of Injustice
In “The Law,” Frédéric Bastiat writes that a nation’s laws, which should protect private property, can also be used to plunder property. It is much easier to take others’ wealth using legalized theft than violent plunder. According to Bastiat, “Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it […]
The War of Terror of a Rogue Superpower: Cui Bono?
Everyone with a brain already knew the Empire did it. Now Seymour Hersh’s bombshell report not only details how Nord Stream 1 and 2 were attacked, but also names names: from the toxic Straussian neoliberal-con trio Sullivan, Blinken and Nuland all the way to the Teleprompter Reader-in-Chief. Arguably the most incandescent nugget in Hersh’s narrative […]
White: in voucher push, Stitt wants OK to be like states that restrict homeschooling
Here’s an excellent post on the topic of school choice vouchers and homeschooling, from Jenni White with Reclaim Oklahoma Parent Empowerment (formerly known as Restore Oklahoma Public Education):
The Left’s Righteous Tyrants
They sure don’t make tyrants like they used to. Tyrants once rose to power the old-fashioned way: defeating the opposition on the battlefield or at the faux ballot box. Despite their atrocities, these despots at least had some swagger—perhaps a way with the ladies, a good sense of humor, strong persuasive abilities, commanding verbal skills, […]
Lankford joins effort to block VA from illegally providing abortion services
Lankford, Colleagues Push Effort to Block Illegal VA Abortion RuleWASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 8th) – Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Representative Michael Cloud (R-TX), along with more than 65 colleagues, introduced a bica…
UN Warns ‘Very Little’ Earthquake Aid Reaching Syria Amid US Sanctions
US-imposed Caesar Act sanctions against the Syrian government have impeded humanitarian efforts in the country following the devastating February 6 earthquake, the UN Resident Coordinator for Syria, Mostafa Benlamlih, said on Wednesday. Benlamlih also warned against the “politicization” of humanitarian efforts in Syria, referring to claims by western media outlets and certain aid groups that […]
OCPA praises senators for advancing bill to protect kids from mutilation and puberty blockers
OCPA praises senators for protecting children and teensOKLAHOMA CITY (February 9, 2023) — Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs President Jonathan Small today praised senators for advancing legislation that would prevent children from undergoing sex-reass…
OK Senate Republicans vote to re-legalize and expand abortion in “limited” (for now) circumstances
Told you this would happen.This morning, Senate Republicans on the Health & Human Services Committee voted for three measures related to the topic of abortion, one of which re-legalizes and expands abortion in "limited" (for now) circumst…
President Assad: Many countries ‘under US pressure’ not to help quake-stricken Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (file photo) President Bashar al-Assad has expressed his appreciation of help from world countries to the Syrian nation and government in the recent devastating earthquake, stressing, however, that many countries are “under pressure from the United States” not to help the Arab country. Assad made the remarks in a meeting with […]
Op-ed: Is School Choice a conservative idea – or a progressive long-game?
The following op-ed was submitted by Carrie Bertrand. Carrie is the Grady County Republican Party Chairman, a founding board member of the Constitutional Home Educators Alliance, and homeschooled two children for eighteen years.Is School Choice a conse…
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt gets standing ovation calling for bill that ‘bans all gender-transition surgeries’
Stitt has made protecting state’s ‘most vulnerable’ minors one of his top priorities since taking office Oklahoma GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt is calling on lawmakers in the Sooner State to deliver a bill to his desk that “bans all gender-transition surgeries” for minors. The request from Stitt, who’s currently serving his second term as governor, […]