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Gov. Mary Fallin is offering a “Band-Aid” to a patient in serious condition, University of Oklahoma President David Boren says.

“It’s time for a comprehensive funding plan for education,” Boren said in a prepared statement released after the governor’s State of the State speech to lawmakers on Monday.

“The patient is in serious condition and a Band-Aid is not enough. The people deserve a chance to vote for a real solution.”

Boren was responding to the $178 million carved out for teacher raises in Fallin’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal.

The proposal would provide $3,000 pay increases for all teachers, paid for with an increase in the state cigarette tax and cuts in other education spending.

The governor’s proposal counters a campaign led by Boren to ask voters to approve a 1 percent state sales tax dedicated to education.

It is also part of a complicated education policy piece involving school vouchers — now known as education savings accounts — and school district consolidation.

OCPA Impact, an affiliate of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, opposes the Boren tax — and is also a big supporter of school vouchers. It praised Fallin’s proposal Monday.