A $22 million Oklahoma teacher raise program is mostly unused, state leaders say
OKLAHOMA CITY — A program state leaders pitched as a way to dramatically increase high-performing teachers’ income has paid out only 1% of its $22 million total because of limited interest from school districts.
State Superintendent Ryan Walters told lawmakers this week 12 districts, out of more than 500 in the state, have applied for the program.
He said schools have used only $255,000 of the …