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What gives with this guy wanting to kill the arts in OK?
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<blockquote data-quote="jdagreek" data-source="post: 2085685" data-attributes="member: 14916"><p>What a tool you are to jump on something like this without actually knowing what you are talking about. The money coming from the state's general revenue fund to the Arts Council doesn't fund art in schools. it funds pork that the legislature gives to local cities and towns to fund mostly art events etc. The public school arts funding is provided by the funding to the State Department of Education which goes to local schools based on a formula. The local schools themselves then fund their own arts education programs. </p><p></p><p>Here is a fact for you. The last time I looked at all State of Oklahoma funds going into public schools was in 2009 and the dollars from local ad valorem taxes and state appropriated dollars was about $3.8 billion dollars. You are whining about $4 million dollars to an Arts Council that is more pork than Arts. With recent budget cuts due to the state of our economy it is likely a little less.</p><p></p><p>So, if we follow your logic you would rather give the $4 million for pork projects then to the local schools who actually have the school arts programs that teach kids about arts.</p><p></p><p>You sir are more of a tool than the legislator who likely has his priorities on funding education rather than pork <img src="/images/smilies/image1257.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":chop:" title="Image1257 :chop:" data-shortname=":chop:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdagreek, post: 2085685, member: 14916"] What a tool you are to jump on something like this without actually knowing what you are talking about. The money coming from the state's general revenue fund to the Arts Council doesn't fund art in schools. it funds pork that the legislature gives to local cities and towns to fund mostly art events etc. The public school arts funding is provided by the funding to the State Department of Education which goes to local schools based on a formula. The local schools themselves then fund their own arts education programs. Here is a fact for you. The last time I looked at all State of Oklahoma funds going into public schools was in 2009 and the dollars from local ad valorem taxes and state appropriated dollars was about $3.8 billion dollars. You are whining about $4 million dollars to an Arts Council that is more pork than Arts. With recent budget cuts due to the state of our economy it is likely a little less. So, if we follow your logic you would rather give the $4 million for pork projects then to the local schools who actually have the school arts programs that teach kids about arts. You sir are more of a tool than the legislator who likely has his priorities on funding education rather than pork :chop: [/QUOTE]
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