Gumm: GOP Attacks On OEA 'Laughable'
Oklahoma Republican House members today rolled out “laughable” media statements saying the Oklahoma Education Association is trying to force rural school consolidation, Senator Jay Paul Gumm says.
“For House leaders to say this is simply disingenuous,” said Gumm (D-Durant). “They have had ample opportunity to pass a constitutional amendment that would protect rural schools from forced consolidation, yet have squandered those opportunities at every turn as those critical bills have been allowed to die in smoke-filled rooms in the Capitol.”
Gumm, as author of multiple bills designed to protect schools from consolidation, said that in the last four years GOP "partisan tricks killed the chance to do the right thing for Oklahoma rural schools and the families and communities they serve."
“For House leaders to say this is simply disingenuous,” said Gumm (D-Durant). “They have had ample opportunity to pass a constitutional amendment that would protect rural schools from forced consolidation, yet have squandered those opportunities at every turn as those critical bills have been allowed to die in smoke-filled rooms in the Capitol.”
Gumm, as author of multiple bills designed to protect schools from consolidation, said that in the last four years GOP "partisan tricks killed the chance to do the right thing for Oklahoma rural schools and the families and communities they serve."
posted by Mike McCarville @ 7:14 PM
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