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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (202 2)
HOUSE BILL 4370 By: Ford
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 5-118, which relates to meetings of school
boards of education; requiring certain meetings to be
accessible through a live video and aud io stream;
providing for publication of certain notice to
members of the public ; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -118, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5-118. A. Regular meetings of the board of education
of each school district shall be held upon the first Monday of each
month, or upon such day as may be fixed by the board. Special
meetings may be held from time to time as circumstances may demand.
B. All meetings of the boards of education shall be public
meetings, and in all such meetings the vote of each member must be
publicly cast and recorded. Executive sessions will be permitted
only for the purpose of discussing the employment, hiring,
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appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or resignations of
any or all of the employees or volunteers of the school district,
and for the purpose of discussing negotiations concerning employees
and representatives of employee groups, and for the purpose of
hearing evidence and discussing the expulsion or suspension of a
student or students only when requested by the student involv ed or
his or her parent, attorney, or legal guardian; provided, however,
that any vote or action thereon must be taken in a public meeting
with the vote of each member publicly cast and recorded. It is
required that the board of education shall provide no tice to the
student, his or her parent, attorney or legal guardian that said
student is entitled to an executive session regarding the discussion
of expulsion or suspension of said student.
C. The board of educati on of a school district with an average
daily attendance of more than five thousand (5,000) students shall
provide a live video and a udio stream of all public meetings of the
board of education. Information notifying members of the public how
to access the meeting livestream shall be clearly published on the
website and social media accounts of the school district.
D. Any action taken in violation of the provisions of this act
shall be invalid.
E. Each member of the board of education of a school district
with an average daily attendance exceeding fif teen thousand (15,000)
or a school district where boundaries encompass a total population
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exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) persons according to the
last preceding Federal Decennial Census may be paid from the
district's general fund a stipend of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
for each regular, special or adjourned meeting of the board of
education that he or she attends, but not for mor e than four
meetings in any calendar month.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 02/17/2022
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