Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB112 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/23/2023

                     
 
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ENGROSSED SENATE 
BILL NO. 112 	By: Thompson (Roger) of the 
Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Baker of the House 
 
 
 
 
 
[ State Aid Formula - transportation factor - 
effective date -  
 	emergency ] 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OK LAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     7 0 O.S. 2021, Section 18 -200.1, as 
last amended by Section 2, Chapter 488, O.S.L. 2021, is amended to 
read as follows: 
Section 18-200.1. A.  Beginning with the 2022 -2023 school year, 
and each school year thereafter, each school district shall have its 
initial allocation of State Aid calculated based on the stat e 
dedicated revenues actually collected during the preceding fiscal 
year, the adjusted assessed valuation of the preceding year and the 
weighted average daily membership for the school district of the 
preceding school year.  Each school district shall subm it the 
following data based on the first nine (9) weeks, to be used in the 
calculation of the average daily membe rship of the school district: 
1.  Student enrollment by grade level;   
 
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2.  Pupil category counts; and 
3.  Transportation supplement data. 
On or before December 30, the State Department of Education 
shall determine each school district ’s current year allocati on 
pursuant to subsection D of this section.  The State Department of 
Education shall complete an audit, using procedures established by 
the Department, of the student enrollment by grade level data, pupil 
category counts and transportation supplement data to be used in the 
State Aid Formula pursuant to subsection D of this section by 
December 1 and by January 15 shall notify each school district of 
the district’s final State Aid allocation for the current school 
year.  The January payment of State Aid and each subsequent payment 
for the remainder of the school year shall be based on the final 
State Aid allocation as calculated in subsection D of this section.  
Except for reductions made due to the assessment of penalties by the 
State Department of Education according to law, the January payment 
of State Aid and each subsequent payment for the remainder of the 
school year shall not decrease by an a mount more than the amount 
that the current chargeable revenue increases for that district. 
B.  The State Departm ent of Education shall retain not less than 
one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) of the total funds appropriated 
for financial support of schools, to be used to make midyear 
adjustments in State Aid and which shall be reflected in the final 
allocations.  If the amount of appropriated fund s, including the one   
 
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and one-half percent (1 1/2%) retained, remaining after January 1 of 
each year is not suffic ient to fully fund the final allocations, the 
Department shall recalculate each school district ’s remaining 
allocation pursuant to subsection D of this section using the 
reduced amount of appropriated funds. 
C.  On and after July 1, 1997, the amount of Sta te Aid each 
district shall receive shall be the sum of the Foundation Aid, the 
Salary Incentive Aid and the Trans portation Supplement, as adjus ted 
pursuant to the provisions of subsection G of this section and 
Section 18-112.2 of this title; provided, no d istrict having per 
pupil revenue in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the 
average per pupil revenue of al l districts shall receive any State 
Aid or Supplement in State Aid. 
The July calculation of per pupil revenue shall be determined by 
dividing the district’s second preceding year ’s total weighted 
average daily membership (ADM) into the district ’s preceding year’s 
total revenues excludi ng federal revenue, insurance loss payments, 
reimbursements, recovery of overpayments and refunds, unused 
reserves, prior expenditures recovered, prior year surpluses, and 
less the amount of any transfer fees paid in that year . 
The December calculation of per pupil revenue shall be 
determined by dividing the district ’s preceding year’s total 
weighted average daily me mbership (ADM) into the district ’s 
preceding year’s total revenues excluding federal revenue, insurance   
 
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loss payments, reimbursements, recovery of overpayments and refunds, 
unused reserves, prior expenditures recovered, prior year surpluses, 
and less the amount of any transfer fees paid in that year. 
D.  For the 1997-98 school year, and each school year 
thereafter, Foundation Aid, the Transportat ion Supplement and Salary 
Incentive Aid shall be calculated as follows: 
1.  Foundation Aid shall be determined by subtracting the amount 
of the Foundation Program Income from the cost of the Foundation 
Program and adding to th is difference the Transportati on Supplement. 
a. The Foundation Program shall be a district ’s higher 
weighted average daily membership based on the first 
nine (9) weeks of the current school year or the 
preceding school year of a school district, as 
determined by the provisions of subse ction A of 
Section 18-201.1 of this title and paragraphs 1, 2, 3 
and 4 of subsection B of Section 18 -201.1 of this 
title, multiplied by the Base Foundation Support 
Level.  However, for the portion of weighted 
membership derived from nonresident, transferre d 
pupils enrolled in online courses, the Foundation 
Program shall be a district ’s weighted average daily 
membership of the preceding school year or the first 
nine (9) weeks of the current school year, whichever 
is greater, as determined by the provisions o f   
 
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subsection A of Section 18-201.1 of this title and 
paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of subsection B of Section 
18-201.1 of this title, multiplied by the Base 
Foundation Support Level. 
b. The Foundation Program Income shall be the su m of the 
following: 
(1) The adjusted assessed valuation of the current 
school year of the school district, minus the 
previous year protested ad valorem tax revenues 
held as prescribed in Section 2884 of Title 68 of 
the Oklahoma Statutes, multiplied by the mills 
levied pursuant to subse ction (c) of Section 9 of 
Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, if 
applicable, as adjusted in subsection (c) of 
Section 8A of Article X of the Oklahoma 
Constitution.  For purposes of this subsection, 
the “adjusted assessed valuation of the current 
school year” shall be the adjusted assessed 
valuation on which tax revenues are collected 
during the current school yea r, and 
(2) Seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount received 
by the school district from the proceeds of the 
county levy during the preceding f iscal year, as   
 
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levied pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 9 of 
Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, and 
(3) Motor Vehicle Collections motor vehicle 
collections, and 
(4) Gross Production Tax gross production tax, and 
(5) State Apportionment state apportionment, and 
(6) R.E.A. Tax tax. 
The items listed in divisions (3), (4) , (5), and (6) 
of this subparagraph shall consist of the amounts 
actually collected from such sources during the 
preceding fiscal year calculated on a per capita basis 
on the unit provided for by law for the distribution 
of each such revenue. 
2.  The Transportation Supplement shall be equal to the average 
daily haul times the per capita allowance times the appropria te 
transportation factor. 
a. The average daily haul shall be the number of children 
in a district who are legally transported and who live 
one and one-half (1 1/2) miles or more from school. 
b. The per capita allowance shall be determined using the 
following chart: 
PER CAPITA 	PER CAPITA 
DENSITY FIGURE ALLOWANCE DENSITY FIGURE ALLOWANCE 
.3000 - .3083 $167.00 .9334 - .9599 $99.00   
 
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.3084 - .3249 $165.00 .9600 -  .9866 $97.00 
.3250 - .3416 $163.00 .9867 - 1.1071 $95.00 
.3417 - .3583 $161.00 1.1072 - 1.3214 $92.00 
.3584 - .3749 $158.00 1.3215 - 1.5357 $90.00 
.3750 - .3916 $156.00 1.5358 - 1.7499 $88.00 
.3917 - .4083 $154.00 1.7500 - 1.9642 $86.00 
.4084 - .4249 $152.00 1.9643 - 2.1785 $84.00 
.4250 - .4416 $150.00 2.1786 - 2.3928 $81.00 
.4417 - .4583 $147.00 2.3929 - 2.6249 $79.00 
.4584 - .4749 $145.00 2.6250 - 2.8749 $77.00 
.4750 - .4916 $143.00 2.8750 - 3.1249 $75.00 
.4917 - .5083 $141.00 3.1250 - 3.3749 $73.00 
.5084 - .5249 $139.00 3.3750 - 3.6666 $70.00 
.5250 - .5416 $136.00 3.6667 - 3.9999 $68.00 
.5417 - .5583 $134.00 4.0000 - 4.3333 $66.00 
.5584 - .5749 $132.00 4.3334 - 4.6666 $64.00 
.5750 - .5916 $130.00 4.6667 - 4.9999 $62.00 
.5917 - .6133 $128.00 5.0000 - 5.5000 $59.00 
.6134 - .6399 $125.00 5.5001 - 6.0000 $57.00 
.6400 - .6666 $123.00 6.0001 - 6.5000 $55.00 
.6667 - .6933 $121.00 6.5001 - 7.0000 $53.00 
.6934 - .7199 $119.00 7.0001 - 7.3333 $51.00 
.7200 - .7466 $117.00 7.3334 - 7.6667 $48.00 
.7467 - .7733 $114.00 7.6668 - 8.0000 $46.00   
 
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.7734 - .7999 $112.00 8.0001 - 8.3333 $44.00 
.8000 - .8266 $110.00 8.3334 - 8.6667 $42.00 
.8267 - .8533 $108.00 8.6668 - 9.0000 $40.00 
.8534 - .8799 $106.00 9.0001 - 9.3333 $37.00 
.8800 - .9066 $103.00 9.3334 - 9.6667 $35.00 
.9067 - .9333 $101.00 9.6668 or more $33.00 
c. The formula transportation factor shall be 1.39 3.0. 
3.  Salary Incentive Aid shall be determined a s follows: 
a. Multiply the Incentive Aid guarantee by the district’s 
higher weighted average daily mem bership based on the 
first nine (9) weeks of the current school year or the 
preceding school year of a school di strict, as 
determined by the provisions of subsection A of 
Section 18-201.1 of this title and paragraphs 1, 2, 3 
and 4 of subsection B of Sectio n 18-201.1 of this 
title. 
b. Divide the district’s adjusted assessed valuation of 
the current school year minus the previous year’s 
protested ad valorem t ax revenues held as prescribed 
in Section 2884 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, 
by one thousand (1,000) and subtract the quotient from 
the product of subparagraph a of this paragraph.  The 
remainder shall not be less than zero (0).   
 
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c. Multiply the number of mills levied for genera l fund 
purposes above the fifteen (15) mills required to 
support Foundation Aid pursuant to division (1) of 
subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of this subsection, not 
including the county f our-mill levy, by the remainder 
of subparagraph b of this paragraph.  Th e product 
shall be the Salary Incentive Aid of the district. 
E.  By June 30, 1998, the State Department of Education shall 
develop and the Department and all school districts shall hav e 
implemented a student identification sys tem which is consistent with 
the provisions of subsections C and D of Section 3111 of Title 74 of 
the Oklahoma Statutes.  The student identification system shall be 
used specifically for the purpose of reporting en rollment data by 
school sites and by schoo l districts, the administratio n of the 
Oklahoma School Testing Program Act, the collection of appropri ate 
and necessary data pursuant to the Oklahoma Educational Indicators 
Program, determining student enrollment, establishing a student 
mobility rate, allocation of the State Aid Formul a and midyear 
adjustments in funding for student growth.  This enrollmen t data 
shall be submitted to the State Department of Education in 
accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Education.  
Funding for the deve lopment, implementation, perso nnel training and 
maintenance of the student identification system shall be set out in   
 
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a separate line item in the allocation section of the appropriation 
bill for the State Board of E ducation for each year. 
F.  1.  In the event that ad valorem taxes of a school district 
are determined to be uncollectible because of bankruptcy , clerical 
error, or a successful tax protest, and the amount of such taxes 
deemed uncollectible exceeds Fifty T housand Dollars ($50,000.00) or 
an amount greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of ad valorem taxes 
per tax year, or the valuation of a distric t is lowered by order of 
the State Board of Equalization, the school district ’s State Aid, 
for the school year t hat such ad valorem taxes are calculated i n the 
State Aid Formula, shall be determined by subtracting the net 
assessed valuation of the property upon which taxes were deemed 
uncollectible from the assessed valuation of the school district and 
the state.  Upon request of the local board of educatio n, it shall 
be the duty of the county assessor to certify to the Director of 
Finance of the State Depa rtment of Education the net assessed 
valuation of the property upon which taxes were determined 
uncollectible. 
2.  In the event that the amount of funds a school district 
receives for reimbursement from the Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund is 
less than the amount of funds claimed for reimbursement by the 
school district due to insufficiency of funds as provided in Sect ion 
193 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statut es, then the school district’s 
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reimbursement is calculated in the State Aid Formula shall be 
adjusted accordingly. 
G.  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 18-112.2 of 
this title, a school district shall have its State Aid reduced by an 
amount equal to the amount of carryover in the gener al fund of the 
district as of June 30 of the preceding fiscal year, that is in 
excess of the following standards for two (2) consecutive years: 
Total Amount of 	Amount of 
General Fund Collections, 	General Fund 
Excluding Previous Year 	Balance 
Cash Surplus as of June 30 	Allowable 
 Less than $1,000,000  48% 
 $1,000,000 - $2,999,999  42% 
 $3,000,000 - $3,999,999  36% 
 $4,000,000 - $4,999,999  30% 
 $5,000,000 - $5,999,999  24% 
 $6,000,000 - $7,999,999  22% 
 $8,000,000 - $9,999,999  19% 
 $10,000,000 or more  17% 
2.  By February 1 the State Department of Education shall send 
by certified mail, with return receipt requested, to each School 
District Superintendent, A uditor and Regional Accreditation Officer 
a notice of and calculation sheet reflecting the general fun d 
balance penalty to be assessed against that school district.    
 
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Calculation of the general fund balance penalty shall not include 
federal revenue.  Within thirty (30) days of receipt of this written 
notice the school district shall submit to the Department a written 
reply either accepting or protesting the penalty to be assessed 
against the district.  If protesting, the school district shall 
submit with its reply the reasons for rejecting the calculations and 
documentation supporting those reasons.  The Dep artment shall review 
all school district penalty protest documentation and notify each 
district by March 15 of i ts finding and the final penalty to be 
assessed to each district.  General fund balance penalties shall be 
assessed to all school districts by A pril 1. 
3.  Any school district which receives proceeds from a tax 
settlement or a Federal Emergency Management Agency settlement 
during the last two (2) months of the preceding fiscal year shall be 
exempt from the penalties assessed in this subsection, if the 
penalty would occur solely as a result of receiving funds from the 
tax settlement. 
4.  Any school district which receives an increase in State Aid 
because of a change in Foundation and/or Salary Incentive Aid 
factors during the last two (2) months of the preceding fiscal year 
shall be exempt from the penalties assessed in this subsection, if 
the penalty would occur solely as a result of receiving funds from 
the increase in State Aid.   
 
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5.  If a school district does not receive Foundation and/or 
Salary Incentive Aid during the preceding fiscal year, the State 
Board of Education may waive the penalty assessed in thi s subsection 
if the penalty would result i n a loss of more than forty percent 
(40%) of the remaining State Aid to be allocated to the school 
district between April 1 and the remainder of the school year and if 
the Board determines the penalty will cause th e school district not 
to meet remaining fi nancial obligations. 
6.  Any school district which receives gross production revenue 
apportionment during the 2002-2003 school year or in any subsequent 
school year that is greater than the gross production revenue 
apportionment of the preceding school yea r shall be exempt from the 
penalty assessed in this subsection, if the penalty would occur 
solely as a result of the gross production revenue apportionment, as 
determined by the State Board of Education. 
7.  Beginning July 1, 2003, school districts that pa rticipate in 
consolidation or annexation pursuant to the provisions of the 
Oklahoma School Voluntary Consolidation and Annexation Act shall be 
exempt from the penalty assessed in this subsection for the school 
year in which the consolidation or annexation occurs and for the 
next three (3) fiscal years. 
8.  Any school district which receives proceeds from a sales tax 
levied by a municipality pursuant to Section 22 -159 of Title 11 of 
the Oklahoma Statutes or proceeds from a sales tax levied by a   
 
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county pursuant to Section 1370 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes 
during the 2003-2004 school year or the 2004 -2005 school year shall 
be exempt from the penalties assessed in this subsection, if the 
penalty would occur solel y as a result of receiving funds from the 
sales tax levy. 
9.  Any school district which has an amount of carryover in the 
general fund of the di strict in excess of the limits established in 
paragraph 1 of this subsection during the fiscal years beginning 
July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, a nd July 1, 2023, shall 
not be assessed a general fund balance penalty as provided for in 
this subsection. 
10.  For purposes of calculating the general fund balance 
penalty, the terms “carryover” and “general fund balance” shall not 
include federal revenue. 
H.  In order to provide start up funds for the implementation of 
early childhood programs, State Aid m ay be advanced to school 
districts that initially start early childhood instruction at a 
school site.  School di stricts that desire such advanced funding 
shall make application to the State Department of Education no later 
than September 15 of each year an d advanced funding shall be awarded 
to the approved districts no later than October 30.  The advanced 
funding shall not exceed the per pupil amount of Sta te Aid as 
calculated in subsec tion D of this section per anticipated Head 
Start eligible student.  The total amount of advanced funding shall   
 
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be proportionately reduced from the monthly payments of the 
district’s State Aid payments during the last six (6) months of the 
same fiscal year. 
I.  1.  Beginning July 1, 1996, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, 
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, shall report 
monthly to the State Department of Education the month ly 
apportionment of the following informat ion: 
a. the assessed valuation of property, 
b. motor vehicle collections, 
c. R.E.A. tax collected, and 
d. gross productions tax collected. 
2.  Beginning July 1, 1997, the State Auditor and Inspector ’s 
Office, notwithstanding any provision of law to the con trary, shall 
report monthly to the State Department of Education the monthly 
apportionment of the proc eeds of the county levy. 
3.  Beginning July 1, 1996, the Commissioners of the Land 
Office, notwithstanding any p rovision of law to the contrary, shall 
report monthly to the State Depar tment of Education the monthly 
apportionment of state apportionment. 
4.  Beginning July 1, 1997, the county treasurers ’ offices, 
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, s hall report 
monthly to the State Departmen t of Education the ad valorem tax 
protest amounts for each county.   
 
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5.  The information reported by the Tax Commission, the State 
Auditor and Inspector ’s Office, the county treasurers ’ offices and 
the Commissioners of the Land Office, pursuant to this subse ction 
shall be reported by sch ool district on forms developed by the State 
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. 
Passed the Senate the 22nd day of March, 2023. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate 
 
 
Passed the House of Repre sentatives the ____ day of __________, 
2023. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives