By RICK M. GREEN Capitol Bureau rmgreen@oklahoman.comOklahoma Secretary of State Chris Benge has set Feb. 16 as the start of the 90-day period for backers of a penny sales tax to collect the 123,000 signatures necessary to put the issue on the November general election ballot. The initiative drive, which is led by University of Oklahoma President David Boren, would provide $5,000 raises to the state's more than 40,000 public school teachers and boost funding for other educational purposes. This is just one of several proposals to increase salaries for public school teachers despite an oil bust that has blown a $900 million hole in the state budget.

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