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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 16 By: Bullard of the Senate
and
Conley of the House
[schools - pilot program - grants - effective date -
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. The
State Board of Education shall collaborate with the Department of
Human Services to provide guidance and technical support to school
districts awarded grants. 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
school district employees that is located on school district
property;
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2. Contract with a child care facility licensed pursuant to the
Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing 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 schoo l 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 p ilot program
grants are given to a representative 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;
2. A school distric t with an ADM of two thousand five hund red
(2,500) students or less;
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3. A school district with an ADM of one thousand (1,000)
students or less; and
4. A technology center school site.
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, data on whether the
program had an impact on recruitment and retention of teachers and
support personnel, and recommendations, if any, for future program
operations.
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 reas on whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after it s passage and approval.
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Passed the Senate the 13th day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives