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"Run a small lineman-training school. Demand is real; the capacity bottleneck is funded student slots. HB 2244 fills exactly that gap. Hodge wrote a good bill."
OK HB 2244 Oklahoma Passed both chambers
Oklahoma Energy Worker Retraining Act
Creates a state-funded retraining program for displaced oil-and-gas and coal workers, with tuition and stipend support for two-year energy-transition certificates at Oklahoma career-tech and community colleges.
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"Severance-tax surplus is supposed to backstop the rainy-day fund, not subsidize career retraining. We're going to need that money when the next oil-price downturn hits, and it won't be there."
"Laid off in 2024. Two years of retraining with a stipend would have made the difference between keeping the house and not. This is the right vehicle for severance-tax dollars."