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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 16 By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; directing the State Board
of Education to establish certain pilot program to
provide grants for certain purpose; providing for use
of grants; directing the Board to establish certain
criteria for awarding grants; providing for grant
application; requiring school districts with certain
average daily membership to be included in pilot
program; requiring pilot progr am grant recipients to
submit certain report; providing for contents of
report; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency .
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 numb ering, reads as follows:
A. The State Board of Education shall establish a two-year
pilot program to provide grants to public school districts to
provide child care for children of sch ool district employees. A
grant may be used to:
1. Establish an on-site child care facility licensed pursuant
to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities L icensing Act for children of
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school district employees that is located on school district
property;
2. Contract with a child care facility licensed pursuant to the
Oklahoma Child Care Facilities L icensing Act to provide child care
for school district employees; or
3. Provide school district employees with stipends to help
cover a portion of child care-related expenses for children of
school district employees.
B. The State Board of Education shall establish criteria for
awarding grants which shall include but not be limited to the
following factors:
1. The availability of licensed child care faciliti es in the
school district; and
2. The need for child care resources among school district
employees.
C. A public school district seeking to participate in the pilot
program shall apply to the State Board of Education for a grant in
the manner and on a form prescribed by the Board.
D. The State Board of Education shall ensure that pilot program
grants are given to a repr esentative sample of Oklahoma school
districts, which shall include:
1. A school district with an average daily membership (ADM) o f
more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) students but less than
ten thousand (10,000) students;
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2. A school distric t with an ADM of two thousand five hundred
(2,500) students or le ss; and
3. A school district with an ADM of one thousand (1,000)
students or less.
E. Two (2) years after implementation of the pilot program,
school districts that rece ive pilot program grants p ursuant to this
section shall provide a report to the State Board of Education that
includes an itemized accounting of how grant funds were spent, an
evaluation of the program by school district employees who were
provided child care through the grant prog ram, and recommendations,
if any, for future program operat ions.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Jul y 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 wher eof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after it s passage and approval.
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