HB 4099, by Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, a $46 million Oklahoma Historical Society bond issue that would specifically exclude the OKPOP Museum in Tulsa; and
HB 4196, by Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, which would authorize what amounts to bonuses to public college and universities based on the number of students enrolled in nursing, engineering and teacher education programs.
On Tuesday, Rep. Sheila Dills, R-Tulsa, will present several bills related to charter school oversight in the House Common Education Committee.
Nurses pay: State Rep. Cynthia Roe, R-Lindsay, the Legislature’s only nurse practitioner, dispelled rumors that the federal government is considering caps on nurses’ pay.
“Nobody is proposing a limit on the salaries of nurses,” Roe said in a Friday press release.
She said the rumors appear to have originated with a letter signed by more than 200 members of Congress, including three from Oklahoma, asking the Biden administration to investigate reports of profiteering by medical staffing agencies.
