Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1840 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 03/01/2023

                             
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION 
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR 
HOUSE BILL NO. 1840 	By: Kerbs, West (Tammy), 
Provenzano, and Lawson of 
the House 
 
   and 
 
  Pugh of the Senate 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
 
An Act relating to agriculture; designating the 
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture , Food, and 
Forestry as the state educational agency referenced 
by the National School Lunch Act ; providing that the 
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and 
Forestry may secure and administer the benefits of 
the National School Lunch Act ; directing the Oklahoma 
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to 
provide general supervision of the school lunch 
program; creating the School Lunch Workshop Revolving 
Fund; providing for the allocation of funds for the 
school lunch program ; amending 70 O.S. 202 1, Section 
3-104, which relates to the State Board of 
Education's powers and duties; removing the State 
Board of Education from overseeing and administ ering 
school lunch program under the National School Lunch 
Act; repealing 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -119, which 
relates to the school lunch program; providing for 
codification; and providing an effective dat e. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE ST ATE OF OKLAHOMA:   
 
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SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of l aw to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3041 of Title 2, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:  
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry 
shall: 
1.  Be and is hereby designated as the "State Educational 
Agency" referred to in Public Law 396 of the 79th Congr ess of the 
United States, which law states that said act may be cited as the 
"National School Lunch Act ", and said Oklahoma Department of 
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry is hereby authorized and directed to 
accept the terms and provisions of said act and to enter into such 
agreements, not in conflict with the Constitu tion of Oklahoma or the 
Constitution and statutes of the United States, as ma y be necessary 
or appropriate to secure for the State of Oklahoma the benefits of 
the school lunch program established and referred to in said act;  
2. Have authority to secure a nd administer the benefits of the 
National School Lunch Act, Public Law 396 o f the 79th Congress of 
the United States, in the State of Oklahoma and is here by authorized 
to employ or appoint and fix the compensation of su ch additional 
officers or employees and to incur such expenses as may be necessary 
for the accomplishment of the above purpose, administer the 
distribution of any state funds appropriated by the Legislature 
required as federal matching to reimburse on chil dren's meals; and   
 
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3.  Have general supervision of the school lunch program.  The 
Oklahoma Department of Agricultu re, Food, and Forestry may sponsor 
workshops for personnel and participants in the school lunch program 
and may develop, print, and distribute free of charge or sell any 
materials, books, and bulletins to be used in such school l unch 
programs.  There is he reby created in the State Treasury a revolving 
fund for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, 
to be designated the "School Lunch Workshop Revolving Fund".  The 
fund shall consist of all fees derived from or on behalf of any 
participant in any such workshop sponsored by the Oklahoma 
Department of Agriculture , Food, and Forestry, or from the sale of 
any materials, books , and bulletins, and such funds shall be 
disbursed for expenses of such workshops and for dev eloping, 
printing, and distributing such materials, books , and bulletins 
related to the school lunch prog ram.  The fund shall be administered 
in accordance with Section 1 55 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. 
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be co dified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3042 of Title 2, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, read s as follows: 
Funds appropriated to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, 
Food, and Forestry for school lunch matching and the school lunch 
program shall be apportioned by the Oklahoma Department of 
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to each school district for the 
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National School Lunch Act and the Chil d Nutrition Act of 1966 and 
Public Law 91-248, as they may hereafter be amended or supplemented. 
SECTION 3.    AMENDATORY     70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -104, is 
amended to read as follows: 
A. The supervision of t he public school system of Oklahoma 
shall be vested in the State Board of Education and, subject to 
limitations otherwise provided by l aw, the State Board of Education 
shall: 
1.  Adopt policies and make rules for the operation of the 
public school system of the state; 
2.  Appoint, prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of a 
secretary, an attorney and all other personnel necessary f or the 
proper performance of the funct ions of the State Board of Education.  
The secretary shall not be a member of the Board; 
3.  Submit to the Governor a departmental bud get based upon 
major functions of the Department as prepared by the State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction and support ed by detailed data 
on needs and proposed o perations as partially determined by the 
budgetary needs of local school districts filed wi th the State Board 
of Education for the ensuing fiscal year.  Appropriations therefo r 
shall be made in lump-sum form for each major item in the budget as 
follows: 
a. State Aid to schools,   
 
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b. the supervision of all other functions of general and 
special education including general control, free 
textbooks, school lunch, Indian education and all 
other functions of the Board and an amount sufficient 
to adequately staff an d administer these services, and 
c. the Board shall determine the details by which the 
budget and the appropriations are administered.  
Annually, the Board shall make preparat ions to 
consolidate all of the functio ns of the Department in 
such a way that the budget can be based on two items, 
administration and aid to schools.  A maximum amount 
for administration shall be designated as a part of 
the total appropriation; 
4.  On the first day of December preceding each regular session 
of the Legislature, prepare and deliver to the Governor and the 
Legislature a report for the year ending June 30 immed iately 
preceding the regular session of the Legislature.  The report shall 
contain: 
a. detailed statistics and other infor mation concerning 
enrollment, attendance, e xpenditures including State 
Aid, and other pertinent data for all public schools 
in this state, 
b. reports from each and every division within the State 
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Superintendent of Public Instruction and any other 
division, department, institution or other agency 
under the supervision of the Board, 
c. recommendations for the improvement of the public 
school system of the state, 
d. a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the 
State Board of Education for the pas t year, and 
e. a statement of plans and recommendations for the 
management and improvement of public schools and such 
other information relating to the educational 
interests of the state as may be deemed necessary and 
desirable; 
5.  Provide for the formul ation and adoption of curricula, 
courses of study and other instructional aids necessary for the 
adequate instruction of pupils in the public schools; 
6.  Have authority in mat ters pertaining to the licensure and 
certification of persons for instructional , supervisory and 
administrative positions and services in the public schools of the 
state subject to the provisions of Section 6-184 of this title, and 
shall formulate rules go verning the issuance and revocation of 
certificates for superintendents of scho ols, principals, 
supervisors, librarians, clerical employees, school nurses, school 
bus drivers, visiting teachers, classroom teachers and for other 
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services, but not including members of b oards of education and other 
employees who do not work directly with pupils, and may charge a nd 
collect reasonable fees for the issuance of such certificates: 
a. the State Department of Education shall not issue a 
certificate to and shall revoke the certi ficate of any 
person who has been convicted, whether upon a verdict 
or plea of guilty or upon a plea of nolo contendere, 
or received a suspended sentence or any probationary 
term for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime 
provided for in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes if the offense involved sexual abuse 
or sexual exploitation as those terms are defined in 
Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, 
Section 741, 843.1, if the offense in cluded sexual 
abuse or sexual exploitation, 865 et seq., 885, 888, 
891, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1087, 1088, 
1111.1, 1114 or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes or who enters this state and who has been 
convicted, received a suspended sentence or received a 
deferred judgment for a crime or attempted crime 
which, if committed or attempted in this state, would 
be a crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided 
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b. all funds collected by the State Department of 
Education for the issuance of certificate s to 
instructional, supervisory and administrative 
personnel in the public schools of the state shall be 
deposited in the "Teachers' Certificate Fund" in the 
State Treasury and may be expended by the State Board 
of Education to finance the activities of th e State 
Department of Education necessary to admin ister the 
program, for consultative services, publication costs, 
actual and necessary travel expenses as provided in 
the State Travel Reimbursement Act incurred by persons 
performing research work, and othe r expenses found 
necessary by the State Board of E ducation for the 
improvement of the preparation and certification of 
teachers in Oklahoma.  Provided, any unobligated 
balance in the Teachers' Certificate Fund in excess of 
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) on June 30 of any 
fiscal year shall be transferre d to the General 
Revenue Fund of the State of Oklahoma.  Until July 1, 
1997, the State Board of Education shall have 
authority for approval of teacher education programs.  
The State Board of Education shall also have authority 
for the administration of tea cher residency and   
 
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professional development, subject to the provisions of 
the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act; 
7.  Promulgate rules g overning the classification, inspectio n, 
supervision and accrediting of all public nursery, kindergarten, 
elementary and secondary schools and on-site educational services 
provided by public school districts or state -accredited private 
schools in partial h ospitalization programs, day treatment programs, 
and day hospital progr ams as defined in this act for persons between 
the ages of three (3) and twenty-one (21) years of age in the state.  
However, no school shall be denied accreditation solely on the basis 
of average daily attendance. 
Any school district which maintains an e lementary school and 
faces the necessity of relocati ng its school facilities because of 
construction of a lake, either by state or federal authority, which 
will inundate the school facil ities, shall be entitled to receive 
probationary accreditation from th e State Board of Education for a 
period of five (5) years after the effective date of this act and 
any school district, otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to 
receive probationary acc reditation from the State Board of Edu cation 
for a period of two (2) c onsecutive years to attain the minimum 
average daily attendance.  The Head Start and public nurseries or 
kindergartens operated from Community Action Program funds shall not 
be subjected to the accrediting rules of the State Board of 
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affecting the operation of the public nurseries and kindergartens 
operated from federal funds secured through Community Action 
Programs even though they may be operating in the publ ic schools of 
the state.  However, any of the Head Start or public nurseries or 
kindergartens operated under federal regulations may make 
application for accrediting from the State Board of Education but 
will be accredited only if application for the appro val of the 
programs is made.  Th e status of no school district shall be changed 
which will reduce it to a lower classification until due notice has 
been given to the proper authorities thereof and an opportunity 
given to correct the conditions which otherw ise would be the cause 
of such reduction. 
Private and parochial schools may be accre dited and classified 
in like manner as public schools or, if an accrediting association 
is approved by the State Board of Education, b y procedures 
established by the State Board of Education to accept ac creditation 
by such accrediting association, if appli cation is made to the State 
Board of Education for such accrediting; 
8.  Be the legal agent of the State of Oklahoma to accept, in 
its discretion, the provisions of any Act of Congress appropriating 
or apportioning funds which are now, or may hereafter be, provided 
for use in connection with any phase of the system of public 
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necessary to provide for the proper distribution of such funds in 
accordance with the state and federal laws; 
9.  Be and is specifically hereby designated as the agency of 
this state to cooperate and deal with any officer, board or 
authority of the Unit ed States Government under any law of the 
United States which may r equire or recommend cooperation with any 
state board having charge of the administration of public schools 
unless otherwise provided by law; 
10.  Be and is hereby designated as the "State Educational 
Agency" referred to in Public Law 396 of the 79th Congr ess of the 
United States, which law states that said ac t may be cited as the 
"National School Lunch Act", and said State Board of Education is 
hereby authorized and directed to accept the te rms and provisions of 
said act and to enter into such agreements, not in conflict with the 
Constitution of Oklahoma or th e Constitution and Statutes of the 
United States, as may be necessary or appropriate to secure for the 
State of Oklahoma the benefits o f the school lunch program 
established and referred to in said act ; 
11.  Have authority to secure and administer the ben efits of the 
National School Lunch Act, Public Law 396 of the 79th Congress of 
the United States, in the State of Oklahoma and is hereby authorized 
to employ or appoint and f ix the compensation of such additional 
officers or employees and to incur such exp enses as may be necessary 
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distribution of any state funds appropriated by th e Legislature 
required as federal matc hing to reimburse on childr en's meals; 
12. Accept and provide for the administra tion of any land, 
money, buildings, gifts, donation or other things of value which may 
be offered or bequeathed to the schools under the supervision or 
control of said Board; 
13. 11.  Have authority to re quire persons having administrative 
control of all school districts in Oklahoma to make such regular and 
special reports regarding the activities of the schools in said 
districts as the Boa rd may deem needful for the proper exe rcise of 
its duties and funct ions.  Such authority shall include the right of 
the State Board of Education to withhold all state fund s under its 
control, to withhold official recognition, including accrediting, 
until such required reports have been filed a nd accepted in the 
office of said Board and to revoke the certificates of persons 
failing or refusing to make such reports; 
14.  Have general supervision of the school lunch program.  The 
State Board of Education may s ponsor workshops for personnel and 
participants in the school lunc h program and may develop, print and 
distribute free of charge or sell any materials, books and bulletins 
to be used in such school lunch programs.  There is hereby created 
in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Board, t o be 
designated the School L unch Workshop Revolving Fund.  The fund shall 
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any such workshop sponsored by the State Board of Education, or from 
the sale of any materials, books and bulletin s, and such funds shall 
be disbursed for expenses of such workshops and for develop ing, 
printing and distributing of such materials, books and bulletins 
relating to the school lunch program.  The fund shall be 
administered in accordance with Section 155 of Title 62 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes; 
15. 12. Prescribe all forms for school district a nd county 
officers to report to the State Board of Education where required.  
The State Board of Education shall also prescribe a li st of 
appropriation accounts by which the funds of school districts shall 
be budgeted, accounted for and expended; and it sh all be the duty of 
the State Auditor and Inspector in prescribing all budgeting, 
accounting and reporting forms for school funds to conform to such 
lists; 
16. 13. Provide for the establishment of a uniform system of 
pupil and personnel accounting, records an d reports; 
17. 14. Have authority to provide for t he health and safety of 
school children and school personnel while under the j urisdiction of 
school authorities; 
18. 15. Provide for the supervision of the transportation of 
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19. 16. Have authority, upon request of the local school board, 
to act in behalf of the public schools of the state in the purchase 
of transportation equipment; 
20. 17. Have authority and is hereby required to perform a ll 
duties necessary to the adminis tration of the public school system 
in Oklahoma as specified in the Oklahoma School Code; and, in 
addition thereto, those duties not specifically mentio ned herein if 
not delegated by law to any other agency or official; 
21. 18. Administer the State Public Com mon School Building 
Equalization Fund established by Section 32 of Article X of the 
Oklahoma Constitution.  Any monies as may be appropriated or 
designated by the Legislature, other tha n ad valorem taxes, any 
other funds identified by the State Department of Education, which 
may include, but not be limited to, grants-in-aid from the federal 
government for building purposes, the proceeds of all propert y that 
shall fall to the state by escheat, penalties for unlawful holding 
of real estate by corporations, an d capital gains on assets of the 
permanent school funds, shall be deposited in the State Public 
Common School Building Equalization Fund.  The fund shall be used to 
aid school districts and charter schools in acquiring bui ldings, 
subject to the limitations fixed by Section 32 of Article X of the 
Oklahoma Constitution.  It is hereby declared that the term 
"acquiring buildings" as used in Section 32 of Article X of the 
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sites, constructing, repairi ng, remodeling or equipping buildings, 
or acquiring school furniture, fixtures, or equipment.  It is hereby 
declared that the term "school districts" as used in Section 32 of 
Article X of the Oklahoma Constit ution shall mean school districts 
and eligible charter schools as defined in subsection B of this 
section.  The State Board of Education shall disburse redbud school 
grants annually from the State Public Common School Building 
Equalization Fund to public schools and eli gible charter schools 
pursuant to subsection B of this sec tion.  The Board shall 
promulgate rules for the implementation of disbursing redbud school 
grants pursuant to this section.  The State Board of Education shall 
prescribe rules for making grants of a id from, and for otherwise 
administering, the fund pursuan t to the provisions of this 
paragraph, and may employ and fix the duties and compensation of 
technicians, aides, clerks, stenographers, attorneys and other 
personnel deemed necessary to carry out th e provisions of this 
paragraph.  The cost of administering the fund shall be paid from 
monies appropriated to the State Board of Education for the 
operation of the State Department of Education.  From monies 
apportioned to the fund, the State Department of Education may 
reserve not more than one -half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) for 
purposes of administering the fund; 
22. 19. Recognize that the Director of the Oklahoma Departme nt 
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which are maintained in the state reformatories and shall appoint 
the principals and teachers in such schools. Provided, that rules 
of the State Board of Education for the classificat ion, inspection 
and accreditation of public sc hools shall be applicable to such 
schools; and such schools shall comply with standards set by th e 
State Board of Education; and 
23. 20. Have authority to administer a revolving fund which is 
hereby created in the State Treasury, to be designated the 
Statistical Services Revolving Fund.  The fund s hall consist of all 
monies received from the various sch ool districts of the state, the 
United States Government, and other s ources for the purpose of 
furnishing or financing statistical services and for any othe r 
purpose as designated by the Legislature. The State Board of 
Education is hereby authorized to en ter into agreements with school 
districts, municipalities, the United States Government, foundations 
and other agencies or individuals for services, program s or research 
projects.  The Statistical Ser vices Revolving Fund shall be 
administered in accordance with Section 155 of Title 62 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes. 
B.  1.  The redbud school grants shall be determined by th e 
State Department of Education as follows : 
a. divide the county four -mill levy revenue by four to 
determine the nonchargeable county four -mill revenue 
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b. determine the amount of new re venue generated by the 
five-mill building fund levy as authorized by Section 
10 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution for each 
school district as reported in the Oklahoma Cost 
Accounting System for the preceding fiscal year, 
c. add the amounts calculat ed in subparagraphs a and b of 
this paragraph to determine the nonchargeable millage 
for each school district, 
d. add the nonchargeable millage in each district 
statewide as calculat ed in subparagraph c of this 
paragraph and divide the total by the average daily 
membership in public schools statewide based on the 
preceding school year's average daily membership, 
according to the provi sions of Section 18-107 of this 
title.  This amount is the statewide nonchargeable 
millage per student, known as the baseline local 
funding per student, 
e. all eligible charter schools shall be included in 
these calculations as unique school districts, 
separate from the school district that may sponsor th e 
eligible charter school, and the total number of 
districts shall be used to determine the statewide 
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f. for each school district or eligible charter school 
which is below the baseline local funding per student, 
the Department shall subtract the baseline local 
funding per student from the average nonchargeable 
millage per student of the school district or eligible 
charter school to determine the nonchargeable milla ge 
per student shortfall for each district, and 
g. the nonchargeable millage per student shortfall for a 
school district or eligible charter school shall be 
multiplied by the average daily membership of the 
preceding school year of the eligible school dist rict 
or eligible charter school.  This amount sh all be the 
redbud school grant amount for the school district or 
eligible charter school. 
2.  For fiscal year 2022, m onies for the redbud school grants 
shall be expended from the funds apportioned pursuant to Section 2 
426 of this act Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes .  For fiscal year 
2023 and each subsequent fiscal year, monies for the redbud school 
grants shall be appropri ated pursuant to Section 2 426 of this act 
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes , not to exceed three-fourths (3/4) 
of the tax collected in the preceding fiscal year pursuant to 
Section 426 of Title 63 of the Okla homa Statutes as determined by 
the Oklahoma Tax Commission.  For fiscal year 2023 and eac h 
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to fund the redbud school grants, then an a dditional apportionment 
of funds shall be made from sales tax collections as provided by 
subsection D of Section 3 1353 of this act Title 68 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes.  If both funds are insufficient, the Department shall 
promulgate rules to permit a decrea se to the baseline local funding 
per student to the highest amount allowed with the funding 
available. 
3. As used in this section, "eligible charter school" shall 
mean a charter school which is sponsored pursuant to the provisions 
of the Oklahoma Charter School Act.  Provided, however, "eligible 
charter school" shall not include a charter school sponsored by the 
Statewide Virtual Charter School Board but shall only include those 
which provide in-person or blended instruction , as provided by 
Section 1-111 of this title, to not less than two-thirds (2/3) of 
students as the primary means of instructional service delivery. 
4.  The Department shall d evelop a program to acknowledge the 
redbud school grant recipients and shall include elected members of 
the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma State Senate who 
represent the school districts and eligible charter schools. 
5.  The Department shall create a dedicated page on its website 
listing annual redbud sc hool grant recipients, amount awarded to 
each recipient and other pertinent information about the Redbud 
School Funding Act.   
 
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6.  The Department shall provide the Chair of the House 
Appropriations and Budget Committee and the Chair of the Senate 
Appropriations Committee no later than February 1 of each year with 
an estimate of the upcoming year's redbud school grant allocation as 
prescribed by this section. 
SECTION 4.     REPEALER     70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-119, is 
hereby repealed. 
SECTION 5.  This act shall become effectiv e July 1, 2025. 
 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 03/01/2023 
- DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.