Sunshine Week, Volume 2

Here is more Sunshine Week shenanigans:

* Oklahoma - Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs updated their study to show the real costs of education, using standard accounting practices. A study of FY2007 found that taxpayers spent more than $6.5 billion on Oklahoma’s public education system, or $10,942 per pupil. This kind of study is necessary because of the OK Education Association’s initiative to base per-pupil spending on an average of its neighboring states. Real numbers are necessary to give voters correct information on how much of their money is going towards schools. (H/T Edmond Sun)

* Louisiana - The Advertiser pointed out examples of abuses of the Freedom of Information Act and open meetings laws. The editorial ended with this: “We hope that Sunshine Week encourages an ongoing effort to ensure information about how tax dollars are used by government is always accessible and that the public’s business is always conducted in public.” The Advocate also opined for more sunshine.

More again tomorrow.