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Post by pavel on Feb 16, 2016 6:03:37 GMT -6
OKLAHOMA CITY — School vouchers survived a close vote in the Oklahoma House Common Education Committee on Monday, thus avoiding the trap door that swallowed them a year ago. House Bill 2949, by Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City, advanced on a 9-8 vote. Votes from Speaker Jeff Hickman, R-Fairview, and Speaker Pro Tem Lee Denney, R-Cushing, were necessary to get the measure through the committee, where a similar bill had failed on a 9-9 tie a year ago. The speaker and speaker pro tem can vote on any bill in committee but generally do so only when needed for a majority. The difference from a year ago was that Rep. Dennis Casey, R-Morrison, a former educator who voted against the measure in 2015, has been removed from the committee and not replaced. All other votes were exactly the same as a year ago. Read more: www.tulsaworld.com/news/education/school-vouchers-eke-through-oklahoma-house-committee/article_1d2cc1bc-8c5d-5bc7-b80e-db7c7e63b974.html
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