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James Lankford: “In Oklahoma, our estimate from the Department of Education is somewhere around 100,000 Native American students. The…”

On the recordMay 10, 2016
In Oklahoma, our estimate from the Department of Education is somewhere around 100,000 Native American students. The current estimate by Johnson-O'Malley 11,000.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford highlights the significant discrepancy in Native American student estimates.

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