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In less than two weeks, voters will decide a state question that could give schools more flexibility when it comes to spending property tax money.
Supporters say State Question 800 would make Oklahoma less reliant on oil and gas, but opponents say it's only going to hurt public school students.
The group behind the effort to overturn the tax increase to fund teacher pay raises says they're on track to get the signatures they need. They're also disputing the notion the pay raises would be impacted at all.
Oklahoma teacher pay raises may not come to pass due to an effort to roll back the tax increase that was set to fund them.
The Oklahoma Education Association said they will continue the teacher walkout Monday to demand increased funding for education.
The state school board association says there were more than 500 teaching vacancies at the start of the year, despite record numbers of emergency certified teachers.
