Stitt announced plans Monday to ask the state Legislature to approve using $100 million in state reserves to fund education while awaiting a court decision on tribal gaming revenue.



Roughly $130 million annually in gaming revenue goes to fund education.

But Stitt and Oklahoma’s Native American tribes are in the midst of a clash over how much gaming revenue should go to the state. Until a federal court can rule in the dispute, Stitt has asked that all 2020 gaming revenue, including the portion that would go to the state, be held in a trust neither side can touch.



So Stitt envisions the $100 million filling in, if necessary, while the gaming revenue is in question.



“While we wait for the federal court’s decision, I am calling for the Legislature to join me in protecting public education,” Stitt said during his State of the State speech Monday.