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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2775 By: McCall, McBride, Baker,
Bashore, Moore, Humphrey,
Luttrell, Caldwell (Chad),
Maynard, Echols, and
Hilbert of the House
and
Daniels and Jett of the
Senate
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 teacher s; directing certain
appropriation to be distributed based on average
daily membership; establishing maximum di stribution
amount; providing allowable expenditures for
appropriated funds; including certain schools in
funding eligibility; providing a pay increase for
certain employees; including appropriations in per-
pupil expenditure calculations; prohibiting
severability of act provisions; providing for
conditional enactment ; providing for noncodification;
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 Treasur y for the fiscal year
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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
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 employed 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 amo unt of Two 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 n ot 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 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature from any
monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue Fund o f
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.
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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 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma L egislature 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 Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) to be distributed
to public school districts in t he state based on the weighted
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 moni es may 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 a re used to meet
curriculum needs and bolster academic outcomes of students;
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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;
7. Fees for nationally standardized assessments inclu ding, 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 a fter-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 Higher Education
only for amounts that are not paid by the Oklahoma State Regents fo r
Higher Education.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of la w not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads a s follows:
A. For the purposes of funds appropriated pursuant to Sections
1, 2, and 3 of this act, the Oklahoma School for the Blind and the
Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be considered public schools and
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public school districts that are eligible to r eceive the funds
appropriated in Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this act.
B. Persons employed as active classroom teachers by the
Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf
shall receive a salary increase, 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 employed a s an active classroom
teacher by the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School
for the Deaf during the 2022-2023 school year was receiving a salary
greater than the step level indicated by the st ate or local Minimum
Salary Schedule for the 2022 -2023 school year, the person shall
receive a salary increase in the amount of Two Thousan d Five Hundred
Dollars ($2,500.00) greater than his or her sal ary for the 2022-2023
school year, provided the person remains employed by the Oklahoma
School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf and the
hours or duties of the person are not red uced.
C. Persons employed as classroom instructional employees of
technology center school districts supervised by the State Board of
Career and Technology Education shall receive a salary increase, in
the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($ 2,500.00) per
classroom instructional employee for the 2023-2024 school year. If
a person employed as a classroom instructional employee by a
technology center school district during the 2022 -2023 school year
was receiving a salary greater than the step level indicated by the
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state or local Minimum Sala ry Schedule for the 2022-2023 school
year, the person shall receive a salar y increase in the amount of
Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) greate r than his or
her salary for the 2022-2023 school year, provided the person
remains employed by the s ame technology center school district and
the hours or duties of the person are not reduced.
D. Persons employed as Correctional Teachers or Vocational
Instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section
510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or persons employed as
teachers by the Office of Juveni le Affairs shall receive a salary
increase, in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($2,500.00) per person for the 2023-2024 school year. If a person
employed as provided in this subsection during the 2022-2023 school
year was receiving a salar y 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 salar y increase in the amount of
Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.0 0) greater than his or
her salary for the 2022-2023 school year, provided the person
remains employed by the Department of Correct ions or the Office of
Juvenile Affairs and the hours or duties of the person are not
reduced.
E. The funds appropriated pursua nt to Sections 1, 2, and 3 of
this act shall be included in any calculation of per -pupil
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expenditure as defined i n Section 1-124 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
SECTION 5. 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 6. The provisions of this act shall be contingent upon
the enactment of Enrolled House Bill No. 1935 of the 1st Session of
the 59th Oklahoma Legislature.
SECTION 7. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 8. It being immediately necessary for the prese rvation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereb y
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
Passed the House of Representatives the 22nd day of February,
2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate