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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 13, 2022
AS AMENDED
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3086 By: Hilbert of the House
and
Pugh of the Senate
[ schools - authorizing school distr ict to use
portion of transportation funds for transportation
grants - permitting distribution of grants for
transporting students ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9-120 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads a s follows:
A. Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, a school district
may use a portion of the transportation funds allocated to the
school district pursuant to Section 18 -201.1 of Title 70 of the
Oklahoma Statutes to provide transportation grants to pa rents or
legal guardians of students who attend the school district. The
school district shall develop and submit a plan to the State
Department of Education for distribution of the transportation
grants. Upon approval of the plan b y the Department, school
districts may distribute transportation grants to suppo rt
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individuals or neighborhood carpools in transporting students to and
from school.
B. The transportation funds allocated to the school district
pursuant to Section 18-201.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes
shall not be reduced or otherwise penalized if the school district
awards transportation grants authorized in this section.
C. The State Department of Education shall promulgate rules for
the transportation grants and develop procedures to account for
expenditures as provided by this section, including requiring proof
of attendance for stude nts who are transported to and from school
through transportation grant funds.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
April 13, 2022 - DO PASS AS AMENDED