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Even with a good ACT score under their belts, not all students who are ready for college succeed in their first year – or even go at all.

It’s nearly 2013 – when did that happen? – so that means it’s time to mark our calenders for a year’s worth of meetings.

This just came out of the house: OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill signing ceremony for House Bill 1989, the Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act (Student DATA Act), was held today at the State Capitol.

The Oklahoma City School Board voted to close Marcus Garvey tonight.

Here’s a news release from Putnam City Schools about the district’s summer feeding program: Eight Putnam City schools are participating in a summer food service program that will provide free breakfasts and lunches to children in much of June.

We’ve heard that tornadoes have damaged several schools during this three-day sweep of storms, and the state Education Department sent out this notice this afternoon: The Oklahoma State Department of Education is expressing great concern for all Oklahomans affected by the tornados today and yesterday.

Here’s a news release from Tulsa Public Schools about where to go for free meals during the summer: TULSA, Okla.

The Oklahoma City School Board voted to deny out-of-district transfers to Classen School of Advanced Studies for the 2013-14 school year.

A tweet from the Oklahoma Speaker of the House is all the buzz in state education circles.

Norman Public Schools has announced the Teacher of the Year.

The Cherokee Nation donated about $3.2 million to more than 90 Oklahoma school districts this month.

Here’s information from the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office: On Thursday, March 28, 2013, at approximately 1:30pm (1330 hours) Tulsa County Sheriff’s Deputies/Dispatch received a call from an AT&T operator indicating that she had received an internet call placed from a person claiming to be a Union Student.

Here’s information out of the House of Representatives about a rally Wednesday: Common Core will make sweeping changes to the education system in Oklahoma and the nation, but the cost-benefit analysis of these changes has yet to be scrutinized, according to one state lawmaker.

Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb put out his monthly column recently. Here it is: As parents we want our children to be healthy and to do well academically, but our first priority is for our children to be safe and secure during their school day.

This came out of the House of Representatives today: OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep.

Here’s news out of the House of Representatives: Legislation that would discourage “abusive and frivolous” lawsuits by schools districts passed out of the House of Representatives today and now heads to the Senate.

This just came out of the state House of Representatives: State Rep.

Read more about it in the paper or on NewsOK.com on Tuesday, but in the mean time, here’s a news release from the district now: When the 2013-2014 school year starts on August 5, 2013 all 74 school sites will require school uniforms.

This news release just came out of the state House of Representatives: OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma schools could increase school safety and security by expanding the use of fingerprint background checks of adults who regularly interact with students, according to one state lawmaker.

Read the full story in the Tulsa World. Here’s info from the school district about the proposed bond: TULSA, Okla.