How Oklahoma's mismanagement of federal education funds could leave $18 million on the table

StateImpact Oklahoma

English - February 23, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.44 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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At the end of January, Oklahoma's new Attorney General, Gentner Drummond, announced he would change course on a high profile debacle involving Secretary of Education and now State Superintendent Ryan Walters — and lots of federal money.

Due to the state’s handling of its previous round of funding, Oklahoma now has nearly $18 million of federal education funding sitting untouched — and time is running out to spend it. StateImpact’s Beth Wallis sat down with Oklahoma Watch education reporter Jennifer Palmer for a recap of just what happened with the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund.