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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59 th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2071 By: Caldwell (Chad)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; requiring school district
to spend certain percentage of budget on
instructional expenditu res; mandating annual increase
to comply with requirement; providing for written
warning notice for failure to comply; directing
warning notice be posted on district website;
requiring increased compensation for failure to
comply for four consecutive years ; mandating
permanent compensation increase; defining terms;
providing for codification; providing an effective
date; and declaring an emergency .
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 5-128.3 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning with the 202 3-2024 school year, the board of
education of each school distri ct in the state shall spend no less
than sixty percent (60%) of its annual budget on instructional
expenditures.
B. If a school district spends less th an sixty percent (60%) of
its annual budget on instructional expenditures, it shall increase
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its instructional expenditures by no less than two percent (2%) each
year until the amount spent on instructional expenditures reaches
sixty percent (60%) of its a nnual budget.
C. If a school district spends less than sixty percent (60%) of
its annual budget on in structional expenditures and does not
increase its spending as provided in subsection B of this section,
the school district shall receive a written warnin g notice from the
State Department of Education. The notice shall also be posted on
the website of the school district.
D. If a school district spends less than sixty percent (60%) of
its annual budget on instructional expenditures and does not
increase its spending as provided in subsection B of this section
for four (4) consecutive years after receiv ing the notice provided
in subsection C of this section, the school district shall increase
compensation for all teachers in the school district by two percen t
(2%) for each year in that period in which the school district did
not increase instructional expenditures by a minimum of two percent
(2%). The pay increase required pursuant to this subsection shall
be permanent.
E. As used in this section:
1. "Annual budget" means a plan of financial operations using
revenues contributed from local, state , and federal sources but
shall not include revenue received from bond sales, the sale of
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property or equipment, school fundraisers , or nonprofit organization
contributions or grants; and
2. "Instructional expenditures " means instruction and
instruction-related expenditures as defined by the National Center
for Education Statistics, a federal entity within the United States
Department of Education.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
59-1-7052 EK 01/04/23