Beyond the level of funding for basic education infrastructure and good teachers more money has little impact on the quality of education. This country had gotten brain washed that the education bureaucracy is under funded. Per pupil funding varies immensely across this country and so does student achievement, but there is scant correlation between the two. The conclusion is obvious; student achievement is not proportional to per student expenditure.  Readers will note that this article doesn’t identify any diminished educational outcomes in Oklahoma, only that funding has been reduced. Perhaps it was too high in the first place?