{"id":13104,"date":"2021-05-24T15:12:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossba.org\/?p=13104"},"modified":"2021-05-24T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:12:19","slug":"ossba-praises-passage-of-senate-bill-229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ossba.org\/2021\/05\/24\/ossba-praises-passage-of-senate-bill-229\/","title":{"rendered":"OSSBA Praises Passage of Senate Bill 229"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><i><b>Shawn Hime, executive director of the Oklahoma State School Boards Association, statement on passage of Senate Bill 229<\/b>:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u201cSB 229\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">is a monumental bill\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">years in the making<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">. Oklahoma is one of only four states that\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">fails\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">to provide\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">state funding to help schools with capital need<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">s, and our state has notable equity gaps in student access to quality, safe buildings<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">;<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">\u00a0modern technology infrastructure<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">;<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">\u00a0and safe transportation<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">.<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-kerning: none;\"><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Every Oklah<\/span>oma student deserves\u00a0schools that are clean, safe, well maintained and conducive to learning. This bill is a\u00a0critical\u00a0investment in\u00a0Oklahoma\u00a0children and their success.\u00a0We are grateful to legislators for their support, and we especially want to thank Rep. Kyle Hilbert\u00a0and Sen. John Michael Montgomery\u00a0for\u00a0their\u00a0leadership and collaboration in seeking a solution to address this issue.<span class=\"eop\"> &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Hime, executive director of the Oklahoma State School Boards Association, statement on passage of Senate Bill 229: &nbsp; \u201cSB 229\u00a0is a monumental bill\u00a0years in the making. 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