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Oklahoma Policy Institute (OK Policy) provides timely and credible information, analysis and commentary on policy issues affecting Oklahoma

SQ 744

July 14th, 2010 | ! | Published in:

On November 2, 2010, Oklahomans will vote on SQ 744, a constitutional amendment that would peg the annual education budget in Oklahoma to the regional average per pupil expenditure in six neighboring states. OK Policy has released an issue brief and accompanying materials on SQ 744 that makes the case for why the proposal represents the wrong solution for Oklahoma.

OK POLICY MATERIALS

Full-length issue brief

1-page summary

FY '10 - FY '11Budget Information

May 15th, 2009 | ! | Published in:

This Budget Information page and the OK Policy blog provide you the key resources you need to make sense of where things stand with the state budget, follow emerging developments, and explore ideas for managing the state fiscal crisis. 

Fact Sheets: Lottery, Gaming and Tobacco (2010)

August 25th, 2010 | Published in:

In 2004, Oklahoma voters approved a series of measures that created the Oklahoma Education Lottery (SQ 705 & SQ 706), authorized and regulated gaming (SQ 712) and increased tobacco taxes (SQ 713) to generate new revenues to help fund education and health care. In these revised and updated 1-page fact sheets, we look at how these revenue sources operate, the amount of annual revenue collections from each source and where the revenues have been allocated.

Numbers You Need: Key Oklahoma Economic and Budget Trends

June 8th, 2009 | Published in:

Numbers You Need is a monthly publication from OK Policy that presents key data on the state's economy, work force, human services, and budget in one concise easy-to-read fact sheet.

Shining the Light on Tax Breaks

February 11th, 2010 | Published in:

An OK Policy brief titled "Let There Be Light: Making Oklahoma's Tax Expenditures More Transparent and Accountable" makes the case for increasing disclosure and scrutiny of tax expenditures, the array of exemptions, credits, deductions, and the like in the tax code that allow taxes not to be paid when they otherwise would.