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“The lack of appropriated dollars for textbooks is posing serious challenges for districts across Oklahoma. At a time when educators are implementing new, stronger standards for English language arts and mathematics, districts will be scrambling to raise funds to replace workbooks and other consumable materials for early reading students. In the meantime, children will continue to be saddled with outdated and tattered school books held together by duct tape.”
– State Superintendent of Schools Joy Hofmeister, explaining that the legislature’s decision not to appropriation any funds for textbooks this year means the state Department of Education is recommending school districts not purchase textbooks this year (Source)
