No extra school days for Oklahoma kids

A Jenks representative proposed a bill that would add up to five days to the Oklahoma public school year.

The bill was rejected by a House committee after passing in the Senate.

It  failed by a 3-4 vote Monday in the Common Education Subcommittee, which will likely kill the bill for good.

The proposal would have meant schools would have to add the extra days as long as funding in that district was available.

Legislative analysis estimates the cost of five full extra days would have cost $168 million, or about $34 million per day.

Rep. Fred Jordan says he thnks the extra days are necessary to keep Oklahoma schools competitive with others around the country and around the world.