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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 265 By: Garvin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; directing certain school
districts to receive certain gran t beginning in
certain school year subject to availability of
funding; defining term; exempting districts that
receive grants from certain penalties; directing
applications for grants to b e submitted to the State
Department of Education; providing for distribution
of grants if funds are insuff icient to provide grants
to all applicants; providing for prom ulgation of
rules; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STAT E OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-113.6 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. Subject to the availability of funding, beginning with the
2023-2024 school year, if the number of students enrolled in a
single grade level in a school district exceeds the class size
limits set forth in Section 18-113.1, 18-113.2, or 18-113.3 of Title
70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the school district shall receive a
grant to employ a teacher’s assistant in an amount equal to the
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average salary of a teacher ’s assistant, as determined by the State
Department of Education. For the purposes of this section,
“teacher’s assistant” shall have the same meaning as provided for in
Section 6-127 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma S tatutes.
B. A school district that receives a grant pur suant to this
section shall not be subject to the penalties for ex ceeding the
class size limits set forth in Section 18-113.1, 18-113.2, or 18-
113.3 of Title 70 of the O klahoma Statutes.
C. Application for a grant authorized by subsection A of this
section shall be submitted to the S tate Department of Education on a
form and in a manner prescribed by the Department. If funds are
insufficient to provide grants to all eligible applicants, available
funds shall be distributed on a pro rata basis.
D. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this section.
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 app roval.
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