No amount of an increase in public education funding will satisfy most Democrats in the Oklahoma Legislature.

Not only do they want more and more and more for public schools but they scream when any help in the form of tax breaks or scholarships is directed toward private schools, Christian schools, charter schools and even home schooling.

Democrats want families to pay through the nose even though their children will not take advantage of their services.

“Our historic investment into public education still leaves Oklahoma in last place for per-student spending in our region,” said Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa. “Lawmakers know this but still decided to give a $25 million tax credit to private schools.

“Additionally, there will be long-term repercussions to the way the funding formula was scrambled this session, and we did so against the recommendations of policy ‘experts’.  Public schools continue to be underfunded because the Oklahoma Legislature would rather give tax cuts and credits to corporations than properly fund public education.”

That’s the argument. Self-described “experts” disdain any learning apart from the indoctrination of the public school establishment.

Rep. John Waldron, D-Tulsa, said, “It is as though we began to fund our public schools after the 2018 teacher walkout and now our Oklahoma Education Turnaround is to go back to a policy of ignoring the importance of public education – not only to Oklahoma students but rural communities as well.”

Senate Bill 229, would tap into more than $30 million of medical marijuana tax revenue and the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund for more than 300 public school districts and brick-and-mortar charter schools that receive below average local tax revenue funding.

State funding is generally determined by attendance figures. The Tulsa School District continues to lose students, standardized test results have fallen and now Democrats want more money for failing schools while penalizing charter school who are educating better and more efficient.

Thank goodness the Democrats don’t run this state.