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From The Tulsa World:
Nearly 200 students attending college on Osage Nation scholarships were told that they would be receiving less money, despite earlier promises that each student would receive $3,500.
Osage Nation Education Department officials have been contacted by angry and worried parents, as well as an unhappy tribal Congressional education committee, after several students reported that scholarships were less than what had been promised.
The claims prompted the committee to call an emergency meeting Wednesday.
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From OETA:

From NewsOK:
Oklahoma City’s U.S. Grant High School could face sanctions because of its failure to meet education standards.
U.S. Grant is one of 42 schools in the state on this year’s needs improvement list.
The school is in the Year Four category, meaning it could be subject to restructuring. [...] Schools are placed on the list for not meeting adequate yearly progress, which is based on math and reading scores, percent of students taking state exams and graduation rate for high schools or attendance rate for other schools.
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