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• Budget bill wins approval in Oklahoma House May 25, 2012
  BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.comFour hours after voting it down, the Oklahoma House reversed itself Thursday and approved the $6.8 billion budget bill to pay for state government to operate in the upcoming fiscal year.The reversal averted a special session.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Oklahoma Regents chairwoman: Flat higher education funding could spell tuition increases May 25, 2012
  BY SILAS ALLEN sallen@opubco.comFlat funding for higher education could spell tuition increases, the chairwoman of the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education said during a Thursday meeting of the regents.Board Chairwoman Julie Carson said a budget bill that doesn't offset rising mandatory expenses means colleges and universities will likely have to shift […]
• At a glance: Oklahoma testing appeals schools May 25, 2012
  AT A GLANCETesting appeals schoolsStudents who did not meet state testing requirements for graduation now have another way to receive their diplomas.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Oklahoma Board of Education outlines diploma appeals process May 25, 2012
  BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL ccoppernoll@opubco.comHigh school students who fail to pass enough state-mandated exams before graduation have a new way to ask the state to grant them a diploma anyway.The state Board of Education voted Thursday to establish a new appeals process for students who fail to meet the standards of Achieving Classroom Excellence, which requir […]
• Barry Manilow donates piano to Oklahoma City Schools instrument drive May 24, 2012
  IN BRIEFBarry Manilow donates piano to Oklahoma City schoolsSinger/songwriter Barry Manilow is helping launch a local instrument drive with the donation of a new Yamaha piano.Read more on NewsOK.com […]