On Friday, September 1, 2023, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan State’s offensive lineman Spencer Brown outmuscles Maurice White, a senior defensive lineman from Central Michigan. (Jake May | MLive.com) A little over a week after registering on the transfer portal, Brown made his decision to transfer. The former starting offensive tackle for Michigan State, who has one season left of eligibility, announced his commitment to Oklahoma on social media on
Wednesday night. Brown, a fifth-year senior, has made 24 career starts with the Spartans, 22 at right tackle and two at left tackle.
Brown, a former Walled Lake Western High School three-star prospect, enrolled early in Michigan State’s 2019 recruiting class. He made his starting debut in the final Peach Bowl game of 2021, a victory over Pittsburgh, and spent the next two seasons as a mainstay on the right side of the line.
Since coach Jonathan Smith was hired on November 25, 15 Michigan State players have accessed the portal. Brown is one of four offensive lineman with starting experience in that group, along with guards Kevin Wigenton and Geno VanDeMark and tackles Brandon Baldwin and Ethan Boyd.
In order to stay with the Spartans, redshirt junior linebacker Darius Snow said on Wednesday night that he was taking his name off the portal.
KXII: ARDMORE, Oklahoma Oklahoma started taking applications for the new parental choice tax credit on Wednesday.
Families that homeschool or send their children to private or charter schools are now eligible for a tax credit of up to $7,500.
Advocates claim it expands chances for kids living in communities with underperforming schools.
Critics claim that the credit will negatively impact public school funding and is insufficient to completely finance an education for a child living in poverty.
According to Ryan Walters, the state superintendent of Oklahoma, kids in remote areas would have additional options thanks to the new credit.
Here in Oklahoma, we have dispelled the idea that funding rural public schools is detrimental 100 times over. It doesn’t at all, according to Walters. “What it does will give kids more opportunities and improve all schools.”
A bill similar to this was voted down by Texas legislators last month.
Walters stated, “It guarantees that the money follows the child.” “Therefore, in the event that a child wishes to transfer schools, the funds accompany them.”
Walters stated that his objective with school choice is to guarantee that all students in Oklahoma have access to an education of the same calibre. He claimed that his new strategy, in which district accreditation is based on student success, and the state statute mandating that high schools provide more advanced placement programmes are both directed towards that end.
