Oklahoma governor, lawmakers reach deal on $8.3B budget
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May 16, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican legislative leaders reached a deal Wednesday on an $8.3 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year that includes an average $1,200 pay raise for public school teachers and tens of millions more dollars for public schools.
The deal also socks away $200 million, about one-third of this year's surplus revenue, into savings, a priority for the first-year governor.
"For the first time in state history, we are setting back an additional savings account of $200 million without the law forcing it," Stitt said. "This is going to allow us, a...
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