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Our kids are the real winners $297 million and counting contibuted to education

Delivering on a Promise: Lottery Funds for Higher Education over $135 Million to Higher Education The Oklahoma Lottery contributes 45 percent of funds raised to higher education.  Higher education funding is used for such things as tuition grants, loans and scholarships for Oklahomans, renovations and expansions of universities and colleges through out the state and endowed chairs for professors at higher education institutions.  Funds allocated to higher education can also be used for construction of educational facilities, capital outlay projects and technological upgrades for educational institutions.

Below are some of the many ways the Oklahoma Lottery supports higher education.

Beneficiary 2009

Redlands Community College, El Reno, helped fund the Darlington Agricultural Center to help prepare students and producers for today's evolving agriculture industry.

Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Woodward, helped fund the new NOSU Woodward Campus that opened in 2008. The Woodward location offers students all classes for general education requirements and offers complete undergraduate degrees.

Rose State College, Midwest City, helped fund the new Health Sciences Center which houses degree programs such as nursing, radiology, clinical laboratory science and respiratory therapy.

Cameron University, Lawton, will help fund the upcoming construction of a state-of-the-art business building.

East Central University, Ada, helped fund the new 5,000-square-foot Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center featuring a 1,000-seat theater.

Murray State College, Tishomingo, assisted in funding upgrades for distance learning classroom equipment and technology.

Rogers State University, Pryor, contributed funds toward a $1.3 million campus expansion to double its size. The additional 7,400-square-feet includes classroom and office space, a computer lab, commons area and restrooms.

Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, helping build, expand and renovate campus buildings for academic and administrative purposes.

Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell, helped fund the new science and agriculture building to continue the university's ongoing contribution to agricultural education.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,
helped construct the new Interdisciplinary Science Research Building, the single-largest project of the Oklahoma Higher Education Capital Bond Program. This high-tech 137,000-square-foot structure will include custom-designed facilities for research in biodiversity, biophysics, synthetic chemistry and advanced materials. Scheduled to be complete in Fall 2010. Also assisting in the restoration and renovation of South Murray Hall.

Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, assisted in renovating its science building, developing its Enrollment Management Center and renovating areas of its Broken Arrow campus.

Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, helped with the expansion of the Health Professions Education Center.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, assisted in renovating its occupational safety and health, and theatre buildings and helped build a new general classroom building.

University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, assisted in funding the renovations of Old North, the first building of higher education in the state of Oklahoma. Also helped fund the construction of its forensic science building to be completed in Fall 2009.

Carl Albert State College, Sallisaw, helped fund the Delores O'Guin Mitchell Library, a state-of-the-art electronic library.

University of Oklahoma, Norman, helped fund the new Lissa and Cy Wagoner Student Services Center, a 34,500-square-foot multipurpose facility, for student academic services. Also assisted in financing the National Weather Center, the largest research center of its kind in the nation.

Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City Campus, used funds to build its Agriculture Resource Center's conservatory, a living laboratory of plant varieties. Helped finance its Public Safety Training Center, a 22,000 square foot building housing classes for students in police, fire and emergency medical technology, early care education, crime victim/survivor, and chemical abuse studies.



Delivering on the Promise: Lottery Funds for Elementary and Secondary Education Over $110 Million

Forty-five percent of funds the Oklahoma Lottery contributes to education are allocated to elementary and secondary education.  This education funding is used for such things as compensation for public school teachers, support employees and early childhood development programs.  Funds allocated to elementary and secondary education can also be used for construction of educational facilities, capital outlay projects and technological upgrades for school systems.

Consider what $135 Million could buy...

Library Books Campus Improvements Early Childhood Development
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Computers Text Books Laboratory Equipment

Delivering on the Promise: Additional Funds Contributed
The Oklahoma Lottery has also contributed more than $30 Million to the Teacher's Retirement System Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund and the School Consolidation and Assistance Fund.


Where the Money Goes

Chart Legend A
A - Kindergarten through 12th grade public education, including but not limited to compensation and benefits for public school teachers and support employees, and early childhood development programs.
Lottery Trust Pie Chart
Chart Legend B

B - Tuition grants, loans and scholarships to citizens of Oklahoma; construction of educational facilities; capital outlay programs and technology for all levels of education, endowed chairs for professors; programs and personnel of the Oklahoma School for the Deaf and the Oklahoma School for the Blind.

Chart Legend C
C - Teachers' Retirement System Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund
Chart Legend D
D - School Consolidation and Assistance Fund

Oklahoma Education Act

On November 2, 2004, Oklahomans overwhelmingly voted to pass the "Oklahoma Education Lottery Act". Net proceeds of all lottery games are to be used to support improvements and enhancements for education purposes and programs; furthermore, net proceeds will be used to SUPPLEMENT rather than replace existing funds for education. Proceeds will benefit all levels of education from Pre-K to higher education.

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