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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2775 By: McCall and McBride
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to education; making appropriations
to the State Board of Education; specifying
appropriation amount s; providing a pay increase for
all active classroom teachers ; directing certain
appropriation to be distributed based on average
daily membership; establishing maximum di stribution
amount; providing allowable expenditures for
appropriated funds; prohibiting severability of act
provisions; providing for conditional enactment ;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the State Board of
Education from any monies not otherwise a ppropriated from the
General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2024, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars
($150,000,000.00) for the financial support of public schools. A
portion of these monies and monies appropriated in Section 3 of this
act shall be used to increase salaries of all public school district
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active classroom teachers, as defined in Secti on 17-101 of Title 70
of the Oklahoma Statutes, in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($2,500.00) per active classroom teacher for the 2023-2024
school year. If a person employe d as an active classroom teacher by
a school district during the 2022-2023 school year was receiving a
salary greater than the step level indicated by the state or local
Minimum Salary Schedule for the 2022-2023 school year, the person
shall receive a salary increase in the amount of Tw o Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) greater than his or her salary for the
2022-2023 school year, provided the person remains employed by the
same district and the hours or duties of the person are not reduced.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Student
Fund of the State Treasury created in Enrolled House Bill No. 1935
enacted by the First Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature from
any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue Fund
of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the
sum of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) to be distributed in a
proportional manner the same as redbud school grants provided for in
subsection B of Section 3-104 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Student
Fund of the State Treasury created in Enrolled House Bill No. 1935
enacted by the First Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legisl ature from
any monies not otherwise appropria ted from the General Revenue Fund
of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the
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sum of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) to be
distributed to public school districts in the st ate based on the
average daily membership of the preceding school year for the scho ol
district to be utilized as provided in this section , but in no event
shall any district receive more than Two Million Dollars
($2,000,000.00). The appropriated monies ma y only be used for the
following expenditures:
1. Teacher and support staff salaries, not including salaries
of administrators;
2. Programs and facilities related to instruction in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics;
3. Textbooks, curriculum, or other instructional materials
including, but not limited to, supplemental materials or associated
online instruction applications or materials ;
4. Computer hardware or other technological devices,
educational software, and applications that are us ed to meet
curriculum needs and bolster academic outcomes of students;
5. Increasing classroom capacity and additional institutional
space for academic instruction if the school is at full academ ic
capacity;
6. Instruments, supplies, acc essories, and materials that
provide instruction in drama, music, speech and debate, agriculture,
or other similar activities;
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7. Fees for nationally standardized assessments includi ng, but
not limited to, assessments used to determine college admissio n and
advanced placement examinations as well as tuition and fees for
tutoring, remediation, or prepara tory courses for the assessments;
8. Summer education programs and specialized aft er-school
education programs; provided, however, that such expense sh all not
include before-school or after-school child care;
9. Student support services, including only health,
psychological, guidance, therapy, and attendance services ; and
10. Tuition and fees for concurrent enroll ment at an
institution within The Oklahoma State System of H igher Education
only for amounts that are not paid by the Oklahoma State Regents fo r
Higher Education.
SECTION 4. The provisions of this act shall not be severable,
and if any provision of this act or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall
invalidate the other provisions or applications of this act.
SECTION 5. The provisions of this act shall be contingent upon
the enactment of Enrolled House Bill No. 1935 of the First Session
of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature.
SECTION 6. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 7. It being immediately necessary for the prese rvation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereb y
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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