Req. No. 9125 Page 1 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (202 4)
HOUSE BILL 3626 By: Goodwin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 5-118, which relates to board of education
meetings; increasing meeting stipend amount for
certain board of education members; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -118, is
amended to read as follow s:
Section 5-118. Regular meetings of the board of education of
each school district shall be held upon the first Monday of each
month, or upon such day as may be fixed by the board. Special
meetings may be held from time to time as circumstances may dem and.
All meetings of the boards of e ducation shall be public
meetings, and in all such meetings the vote of each member must be
publicly cast and recorded. Executive sessions will be permitted
only for the purpose of discussing the employment, hiring,
appointment, promotion, demotion, disci plining, or resignations of
Req. No. 9125 Page 2 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
any or all of the employees or volunteers of the school district,
and for the purpose of discussing negotiations concerning employees
and representatives of employee groups, and for the purpos e of
hearing evidence and discussing the expulsion or suspension of a
student or students only when requested by the student involv ed or
his or her parent, attorney, or legal guardian; provided, however,
that any vote or action thereon must be taken in a public meeting
with the vote of each member publicly cast and recorded. It is
required that the board of education shall provide no tice to the
student, his or her parent, attorney , or legal guardian that said
student is entitled to an executi ve session regarding the discussion
of expulsion or suspension of said student.
Any action taken in violation of the provisions of this act
shall be invalid.
Each member of the board of education of a school district with
an average daily atten dance exceeding fifteen thousand (15,000) or a
school district where boundaries encompass a total population
exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) persons according to the
last preceding Federal Decennial Census may be paid from the
district's general fund a stipend of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
One Hundred Ninety Dollars ($190.00) for each regular, special or
adjourned meeting of the board of education that he or she attends,
but not for more than four meetings in any calendar month.
Req. No. 9125 Page 3 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-9125 EK 01/03/24