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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1314 By: Pugh
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; directing the State
Department of Education to create certain incentive
program for school districts that adopt certain
policy; providing for submission of policy to the
State Department of Education; providing for certain
incentive payments for school district boards of
education that submit certain policy by certain time;
providing for certain unannounced visits to ensure
certain compliance; requiring repayment of certain
incentive amounts for certain noncompliance;
providing for codification; providing an effective
date; and declaring an emergenc y.
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 1-126 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Department of Education shall create an incentive
program for school distric ts that adopt phone-free campus policies.
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, if a school district board
of education adopts a phone-free campus policy that pr ohibits the
use of cell phones by students while on the campus of a public
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school district, it may submit its policy to the State Department of
Education.
B. A school district board of e ducation that submits a policy
as provided for in subsection A of thi s section prior to
distribution of the midyear adjustment in State Aid required by
Section 18-200.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be
eligible for the following incentive amounts:
1. One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00 ) for a school
district with an average daily attendance (ADA) of five hundred
(500) or fewer students for the preceding school year;
2. Five Hundred Thou sand Dollars ($500,000.00) for a school
district with an ADA of more than five hundred (500) students but
not more than one thousand five hundred ( 1,500) students for the
preceding school year; or
3. One Million Dollars ($ 1,000,000.00) for a school district
with an ADA of one thousand five hundred (1,500) students or more
for the preceding school year.
C. A school district that submits a policy as pro vided for in
subsection B of this section shall be subject to unannounced visits
by the State Department of Education’s regional accreditation
officers to ensure compliance with the policy adopted pursuant to
subsection B of this section. A school district found to be in
noncompliance with its policy shall be required to repay to the
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State Department of Education the incentive amounts provid ed for in
subsection B of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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.
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