Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2071 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59 th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2071 By: Caldwell (Chad)
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to schools; requiring school district
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42	42	instructional expenditu res; mandating annual increase
43	43	to comply with requirement; providing for written
44	44	warning notice for failure to comply; directing
45	45	warning notice be posted on district website;
46	46	requiring increased compensation for failure to
47	47	comply for four consecutive years ; mandating
48	48	permanent compensation increase; defining terms;
49	49	providing for codification; providing an effective
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56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
57	57	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
58	58	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-128.3 of Title 70, unless
59	59	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
60	60	A. Beginning with the 202 3-2024 school year, the board of
61	61	education of each school distri ct in the state shall spend no less
62	62	than sixty percent (60%) of its annual budget on instructional
63	63	expenditures.
64	64	B. If a school district spends less th an sixty percent (60%) of
65	65	its annual budget on instructional expenditures, it shall increase
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92	92	its instructional expenditures by no less than two percent (2%) each
93	93	year until the amount spent on instructional expenditures reaches
94	94	sixty percent (60%) of its a nnual budget.
95	95	C. If a school district spends less than sixty percent (60%) of
96	96	its annual budget on in structional expenditures and does not
97	97	increase its spending as provided in subsection B of this section,
98	98	the school district shall receive a written warnin g notice from the
99	99	State Department of Education. The notice shall also be posted on
100	100	the website of the school district.
101	101	D. If a school district spends less than sixty percent (60%) of
102	102	its annual budget on instructional expenditures and does not
103	103	increase its spending as provided in subsection B of this section
104	104	for four (4) consecutive years after receiv ing the notice provided
105	105	in subsection C of this section, the school district shall increase
106	106	compensation for all teachers in the school district by two percen t
107	107	(2%) for each year in that period in which the school district did
108	108	not increase instructional expenditures by a minimum of two percent
109	109	(2%). The pay increase required pursuant to this subsection shall
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111	111	E. As used in this section:
112	112	1. "Annual budget" means a plan of financial operations using
113	113	revenues contributed from local, state , and federal sources but
114	114	shall not include revenue received from bond sales, the sale of
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141	141	property or equipment, school fundraisers , or nonprofit organization
142	142	contributions or grants; and
143	143	2. "Instructional expenditures " means instruction and
144	144	instruction-related expenditures as defined by the National Center
145	145	for Education Statistics, a federal entity within the United States
146	146	Department of Education.
147	147	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
148	148	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
149	149	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
150	150	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
151	151	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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