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53	53		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55		1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57		SENATE BILL 357 By: Dossett
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61	61		AS INTRODUCED
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63	63		An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
64	64		Section 3-104, which relates to powers and duties of
65	65		the State Board of Education; updating statutory
66	66		language; allowing the Oklahoma School for the Blind
67	67		and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf to be eligible
68	68		for redbud school grants; updating statuto ry
69	69		references; providing an effective date; and
70	70		declaring an emergency .
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75	75		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -104, is
77	77		amended to read as follows:
78	78		Section 3-104. A. The supervision of the public school system
79	79		of Oklahoma shall be vested in the State Board of Education and,
80	80		subject to limitations otherwise provided by law, the St ate Board of
81	81		Education shall:
82	82		1. Adopt policies and make rules for the operation of the
83	83		public school system of the state;
84	84		2. Appoint, prescribe the duties , and fix the compensation of a
85	85		secretary, an attorney , and all other personnel necessary for the
86	86		proper performance of the funct ions of the State Board of Education.
87	87		The secretary shall not be a member of the Board;
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139	139		3. Submit to the Governor a departmental bud get based upon
140	140		major functions of the Department as prepared by the State
141	141		Superintendent of Pu blic Instruction and support ed by detailed data
142	142		on needs and proposed o perations as partially determined by the
143	143		budgetary needs of local school districts filed wi th the State Board
144	144		of Education for the ensuing fiscal year. Appropriations therefor
145	145		shall be made in lump-sum form for each major item in the budget as
146	146		follows:
147	147		a. State Aid to schools,
148	148		b. the supervision of all other functions of general and
149	149		special education including general control, free
150	150		textbooks, school lunch, Indian education , and all
151	151		other functions of the Board and an amount sufficient
152	152		to adequately staff an d administer these services, and
153	153		c. the Board shall determine the details by which the
154	154		budget and the appropriations are administered.
155	155		Annually, the Board shall make preparations to
156	156		consolidate all of the functio ns of the Department in
157	157		such a way that the budget can be based on two items,
158	158		administration and aid to schools. A maximum amount
159	159		for administration shall be designated as a part of
160	160		the total appropriation;
161	161		4. On the first day of December preceding each regular session
162	162		of the Legislature, prepare and deliver to the Governor and the
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214	214		Legislature a report for the year ending June 30 immed iately
215	215		preceding the regular session of the Legislature. The report shall
216	216		contain:
217	217		a. detailed statistics and other infor mation concerning
218	218		enrollment, attendance, e xpenditures including State
219	219		Aid, and other pertinent data for all public schools
220	220		in this state,
221	221		b. reports from each and every division within the State
222	222		Department of Education as submi tted by the State
223	223		Superintendent of Public Instruction and any other
224	224		division, department, institution, or other agency
225	225		under the supervision of the Board,
226	226		c. recommendations for the improvement of the public
227	227		school system of the state,
228	228		d. a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the
229	229		State Board of Education for the pas t year, and
230	230		e. a statement of plans and recommendations for the
231	231		management and improvement of public schools and such
232	232		other information relating to the educational
233	233		interests of the stat e as may be deemed necessary and
234	234		desirable;
235	235		5. Provide for the formul ation and adoption of curricula,
236	236		courses of study, and other instructional aids necessary for the
237	237		adequate instruction of pupils in the public schools;
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289	289		6. Have authority in matters perta ining to the licensure and
290	290		certification of persons for instructional , supervisory, and
291	291		administrative positions and services in the public schools of the
292	292		state subject to the provisions of Section 6-184 of this title, and
293	293		shall formulate rules governing th e issuance and revocation of
294	294		certificates for superintendents of scho ols, principals,
295	295		supervisors, librarians, clerical employees, school nurses, school
296	296		bus drivers, visiting teachers, classroom teachers , and for other
297	297		personnel performing instructional, ad ministrative, and supervisory
298	298		services, but not including members of b oards of education and other
299	299		employees who do not work directly with pupils, and may charge a nd
300	300		collect reasonable fees for the issuance of such certificates:
301	301		a. the State Department of E ducation shall not issue a
302	302		certificate to and shall revoke the certi ficate of any
303	303		person who has been convicted, whether upon a verdict
304	304		or plea of guilty or upon a plea of nolo contendere,
305	305		or received a suspended sentence or any probationary
306	306		term for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime
307	307		provided for in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the
308	308		Oklahoma Statutes if the offense involved sexual abuse
309	309		or sexual exploitation as those terms are defined in
310	310		Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes,
311	311		Section 741, 843.1, if the offense included sexual
312	312		abuse or sexual exploitation, 865 et seq., 885, 888,
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364	364		891, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1087, 1088,
365	365		1111.1, 1114, or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
366	366		Statutes or who enters this state and who has been
367	367		convicted, received a suspended sente nce, or received
368	368		a deferred judgment for a crime or attempted crime
369	369		which, if committed or attempted in this state, would
370	370		be a crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided
371	371		for in any of said the laws,
372	372		b. all funds collected b y the State Department of
373	373		Education for the issuance of certificate s to
374	374		instructional, supervisory, and administrative
375	375		personnel in the public schools of the state shall be
376	376		deposited in the “Teachers’ Certificate Certification
377	377		Fund” in the State Treasury and may be expen ded by the
378	378		State Board of Education to finance the activities of
379	379		the State Department of Education necessary to
380	380		administer the program, for consultative se rvices,
381	381		publication costs, actual and necessary travel
382	382		expenses as provided in the State Travel Reimb ursement
383	383		Act incurred by persons performing research work, and
384	384		other expenses found necessary by the State Board of
385	385		Education for the improvement of the pr eparation and
386	386		certification of teachers in Oklahoma this state.
387	387		Provided, any unobligated balance in the Teache rs’
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439	439		Certificate Certification Fund in excess of Ten
440	440		Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) on June 30 of any fiscal
441	441		year shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund
442	442		of the State of Oklahoma this state. Until July 1,
443	443		1997, the State Board of Education shall have
444	444		authority for approval of teacher education progra ms.
445	445		The State Board of Education sha ll also have authority
446	446		for the administration of teacher residency and
447	447		professional development, subject to the provisions of
448	448		the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act;
449	449		7. Promulgate rules governing the classification, insp ection,
450	450		supervision, and accrediting of all public nursery, kindergarten,
451	451		elementary and secondary schools, and on-site educational serv ices
452	452		provided by public school districts or state -accredited private
453	453		schools in partial hospitalization programs, day tr eatment programs,
454	454		and day hospital programs as defined in this act for persons between
455	455		the ages of three (3) and twenty-one (21) years of age in the state.
456	456		However, no school shall be denied accreditation solely on the basis
457	457		of average daily attendance.
458	458		Any school district which maintains an elementary school and
459	459		faces the necessity of relocating its school facilities because of
460	460		construction of a lake, either by state or federal authority, which
461	461		will inundate the school facilities, shall be entitled to rec eive
462	462		probationary accreditation from the State Board of Education for a
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514	514		period of five (5) years after the effective date of this act June
515	515		12, 1975, and any school district, otherwise qualified, shall be
516	516		entitled to receive probationary accredit ation from the State Board
517	517		of Education for a period of two (2) consecutive years to attain the
518	518		minimum average daily attendance. The Head Start and public
519	519		nurseries or kindergartens operated from Community Action Program
520	520		Agency funds shall not be subjected to t he accrediting rules of the
521	521		State Board of Education. Neither will the State Board of Education
522	522		make rules affecting the operation of the public nurseries and
523	523		kindergartens operated from federal funds secured through Community
524	524		Action Programs Agencies even though they may be operating in the
525	525		public schools of the state. However, any of the Head Start or
526	526		public nurseries or kind ergartens operated under federal regulations
527	527		may make application for accrediting fr om the State Board of
528	528		Education but will be accred ited only if application for the
529	529		approval of the programs is made. The status of no school district
530	530		shall be changed whic h will reduce it to a lower classification
531	531		until due notice has been given to the pr oper authorities thereof
532	532		and an opportunity given to correct the conditions which otherwis e
533	533		would be the cause of such reduction.
534	534		Private and parochial schools may be accre dited and classified
535	535		in like manner as public schools or, if an accrediting associat ion
536	536		is approved by the State Board of Education, b y procedures
537	537		established by the State Bo ard of Education to accept accreditation
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589	589		by such accrediting association, if appli cation is made to the State
590	590		Board of Education for such accrediting;
591	591		8. Be the legal agent of the State of Oklahoma this state to
592	592		accept, in its discretion, the provisions o f any Act of Congress
593	593		appropriating or apportioning funds which are now, or may hereafter
594	594		be, provided for use in connection with any phas e of the system of
595	595		public education in Oklahoma. It shall prescribe such rule s as it
596	596		finds necessary to provide for t he proper distribution of such funds
597	597		in accordance with the state and federal laws;
598	598		9. Be and is specifically hereby designated as the ag ency of
599	599		this state to cooperate and deal with any officer, board , or
600	600		authority of the United States Government under a ny law of the
601	601		United States which may require or recommend cooperation with any
602	602		state board having charge of the administration of public s chools
603	603		unless otherwise provided by law;
604	604		10. Be and is hereby designated as the “State Educational
605	605		Agency” referred to in Public Law 396 of the 79th Congress of the
606	606		United States, which law states that said the act may be cited as
607	607		the “National School Lunch A ct”, and said the State Board of
608	608		Education is hereby authorized and direc ted to accept the terms a nd
609	609		provisions of said the act and to enter into such agreements, not in
610	610		conflict with the Constitution of Oklahoma or th e Constitution and
611	611		Statutes of the United Stat es, as may be necessary or appropriate to
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663	663		secure for the State of Oklahoma this state the benefits of the
664	664		school lunch program established and referred to in said the act;
665	665		11. Have authority to secure and administer the ben efits of the
666	666		National School Lunch Act, Public Law 396 of the 79th Congress of
667	667		the United States, in the State of Oklahoma this state and is hereby
668	668		authorized to employ or appoint and fix the compensation of such
669	669		additional officers or employees and to incur such exp enses as may
670	670		be necessary for the ac complishment of the above purpose, administer
671	671		the distribution of any state funds appropri ated by the Legislature
672	672		required as federal matching to reimburse on childr en’s meals;
673	673		12. Accept and provide for the administra tion of any land,
674	674		money, buildings, gifts, donation, or other things of value which
675	675		may be offered or bequeathed to the schools under the supervision or
676	676		control of said the Board;
677	677		13. Have authority to re quire persons having administrative
678	678		control of all school districts in Oklahoma to make such regular and
679	679		special reports regarding the activities of the schools in said the
680	680		districts as the Board may deem needful for the proper exercise of
681	681		its duties and funct ions. Such authority shall include the right of
682	682		the State Board of Education to withhold all state funds under its
683	683		control, to withhold official recognition , including accrediting,
684	684		until such required reports have been filed and accepted in the
685	685		office of said the Board and to revoke the certificates of persons
686	686		failing or refusing to make such reports;
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738	738		14. Have general supervision of the school lunch program. The
739	739		State Board of Education may sponsor workshops for personnel and
740	740		participants in the school lunc h program and may develop, print, and
741	741		distribute free of charge or sell any materials, books, and
742	742		bulletins to be used in such the school lunch programs. There is
743	743		hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Board,
744	744		to be designated the School L unch Workshop Revolving Fund. The fund
745	745		shall consist of all fees derived from or on behalf of any
746	746		participant in any such workshop sponsored by the State Board of
747	747		Education, or from the sale of any materials, books, and bulletins,
748	748		and such funds shall be disbursed for expenses of such workshops and
749	749		for developing, printing, and distributing of such the materials,
750	750		books, and bulletins relating to the school lunch prog ram. The fund
751	751		shall be administered in accordance with Section 155 of Title 6 2 of
752	752		the Oklahoma Statutes;
753	753		15. Prescribe all forms for school district a nd county officers
754	754		to report to the State Board of Education where required. The State
755	755		Board of Education shall also prescribe a list of appropriation
756	756		accounts by which the funds of school districts shall be budgeted,
757	757		accounted for, and expended; and it sh all be the duty of the State
758	758		Auditor and Inspector in prescribing all budgeting, accounting , and
759	759		reporting forms for school funds to conform to such lists;
760	760		16. Provide for the establ ishment of a uniform system of pupil
761	761		and personnel accounting, records, and reports;
762	762
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813	813		17. Have authority to provide for the he alth and safety of
814	814		school children and school pers onnel while under the jurisdiction of
815	815		school authorities;
816	816		18. Provide for the su pervision of the transportation of
817	817		pupils;
818	818		19. Have authority, upon request of the local school board, to
819	819		act in behalf of the public schools of the state in the purchase of
820	820		transportation equipment;
821	821		20. Have authority and is hereby required to perform a ll duties
822	822		necessary to the adminis tration of the public school system in
823	823		Oklahoma as specified in the Oklahoma School Code; a nd, in addition
824	824		thereto, those duties not specific ally mentioned herein if not
825	825		delegated by law to any other agency or official;
826	826		21. Administer the State Public Com mon School Building
827	827		Equalization Fund established by Section 32 of Article X of the
828	828		Oklahoma Constitution. Any monies as may be appropriated or
829	829		designated by the Legislature, other than ad valorem taxes, any
830	830		other funds identified by the State Department of Education, which
831	831		may include, but not be limited to, grants-in-aid from the federal
832	832		government for building purposes, the proceeds of all property that
833	833		shall fall to the state by escheat, penalties for unlawful holding
834	834		of real estate by corporations, an d capital gains on assets of the
835	835		permanent school funds, shall be deposited in the State Pu blic
836	836		Common School Building Equalization Fund. Th e fund shall be used to
837	837
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888	888		aid school districts and charter schools in acquiring bui ldings,
889	889		subject to the limitations fixed by Section 32 of Article X of the
890	890		Oklahoma Constitution. It is hereby declared that the term
891	891		“acquiring buildings” as used in Section 32 of Article X of the
892	892		Oklahoma Constitution shall mean acquiring or improving s chool
893	893		sites, constructing, repairi ng, remodeling, or equipping buildings,
894	894		or acquiring school furniture, fixtures, or equipmen t. It is hereby
895	895		declared that the term “school districts” as used in Section 32 of
896	896		Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution shall mean school districts
897	897		and eligible charter schools as defined in subsection B of this
898	898		section. The State Board of Education sh all disburse redbud school
899	899		grants annually from the State Public Common School Building
900	900		Equalization Fund to the Oklahoma School for the Deaf, the Oklahoma
901	901		School for the Blind, public schools, and eligible charter schools
902	902		pursuant to subsection B of this sec tion. The Board shall
903	903		promulgate rules for the implementation of d isbursing redbud school
904	904		grants pursuant to this section. The State Board of Education shall
905	905		prescribe rules for making grants of a id from, and for otherwise
906	906		administering, the fund pursuan t to the provisions of this
907	907		paragraph, and may employ and fix the d uties and compensation of
908	908		technicians, aides, clerks, stenographers, attorneys, and other
909	909		personnel deemed necessary to carry out th e provisions of this
910	910		paragraph. The cost of administering the fund shall be paid from
911	911		monies appropriated to the State Board of Education for the
912	912
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963	963		operation of the State Department of Education. From monies
964	964		apportioned to the fund, the State Department of Education may
965	965		reserve not more than one -half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) for
966	966		purposes of administering the fund;
967	967		22. Recognize that the Director of the Oklahoma Department of
968	968		Corrections shall be the administrative authority for the schools
969	969		which are maintained in the state reformatories and shall appoint
970	970		the principals and teachers in such schools. Provided, that rules
971	971		of the State Board of Education for the classification, inspection,
972	972		and accreditation of public schools shall be applicable to such
973	973		schools; and such schools shall comply with standards set by th e
974	974		State Board of Education; and
975	975		23. Have authority to administer a revolving fund which is
976	976		hereby created in the State Treasury, to be designated the
977	977		Statistical Services Revolving Fund. The fund s hall consist of all
978	978		monies received from the various sch ool districts of the state, the
979	979		United States Government, and other s ources for the purpose of
980	980		furnishing or financing statistical services and for any other
981	981		purpose as designated by the Legislature. The State Board of
982	982		Education is hereby authorized to en ter into agreements with school
983	983		districts, municipalities, the United States Government,
984	984		foundations, and other agencies or individuals for services,
985	985		programs, or research projects. The Statistical Ser vices Revolving
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1037	1037		Fund shall be administered in accordance with Section 155 of Title
1038	1038		62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
1039	1039		B. 1. The redbud school grants shall be determined by the
1040	1040		State Department of Education as follows:
1041	1041		a. divide the county four-mill levy revenue by four to
1042	1042		determine the nonchargeable county four -mill revenue
1043	1043		for each school district,
1044	1044		b. determine the amount of new re venue generated by the
1045	1045		five-mill building fund levy as authorized by Section
1046	1046		10 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution for each
1047	1047		school district as reported in the Oklahoma Cost
1048	1048		Accounting System for the preceding fiscal year,
1049	1049		c. add the amounts calculat ed in subparagraphs a and b of
1050	1050		this paragraph to determine the nonchargeable millage
1051	1051		for each school district,
1052	1052		d. add the nonchargeable millage in each district
1053	1053		statewide as calculat ed in subparagraph c of this
1054	1054		paragraph and divide the total by the average daily
1055	1055		membership in public schools statewide based on the
1056	1056		preceding school year’s average daily membership,
1057	1057		according to the provi sions of Section 18-107 of this
1058	1058		title. This amount is the statewide nonchargeable
1059	1059		millage per student, known as the baseline local
1060	1060		funding per student,
1061	1061
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1112	1112		e. all eligible charter schools shall be included in
1113	1113		these calculations as unique school districts,
1114	1114		separate from the school district that may sponsor th e
1115	1115		eligible charter school, and the total number of
1116	1116		districts shall be used to determine the statewide
1117	1117		average baseline local funding per student,
1118	1118		f. for each school district or eligible charter school
1119	1119		which is below the baseline local funding per student,
1120	1120		the Department shall subtract the baseline local
1121	1121		funding per student from the average nonchargeable
1122	1122		millage per student of the school district or eligible
1123	1123		charter school to determine the nonchargeable milla ge
1124	1124		per student shortfall for each district, and
1125	1125		g. the nonchargeable millage per student shortfall for a
1126	1126		school district or eligible charter school shall be
1127	1127		multiplied by the average daily membership of the
1128	1128		preceding school year of the eligible school dist rict
1129	1129		or eligible charter school. This amount sh all be the
1130	1130		redbud school grant amount for the school district or
1131	1131		eligible charter school. The Oklahoma School for the
1132	1132		Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be
1133	1133		eligible to receive redbud school grants calculated
1134	1134		pursuant to this paragraph.
1135	1135
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1186	1186		2. For fiscal year 2022, monies for the redbud school grants
1187	1187		shall be expended from the funds apportioned pursuant to Section 2
1188	1188		Section 426 of this act Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes . For
1189	1189		fiscal year 2023 and each subsequent fiscal year, monies for the
1190	1190		redbud school grants shall be appropri ated pursuant to Section 2
1191	1191		Section 426 of this act Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, not to
1192	1192		exceed three-fourths (3/4) of the tax colle cted in the preceding
1193	1193		fiscal year pursuant to Section 426 of Title 63 of the Okla homa
1194	1194		Statutes as determined by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. For fiscal
1195	1195		year 2023 and each subsequent fis cal year, if such appropriated
1196	1196		funds are insufficient to fund the redbud school grants, then an
1197	1197		additional apportionment of funds shall be made from sales tax
1198	1198		collections as provided by subsection D of Section 3 Section 1353 of
1199	1199		this act Title 68 of the Oklah oma Statutes. If both funds are
1200	1200		insufficient, the Department shall promulgate rules to pe rmit a
1201	1201		decrease to the baseline local funding per st udent to the highest
1202	1202		amount allowed with the funding available.
1203	1203		3. As used in this section, “eligible charter school” shall
1204	1204		mean a charter school which is sponsored pursuant to the provisions
1205	1205		of the Oklahoma Charter School Schools Act. Provided, however,
1206	1206		“eligible charter school” shall not include a charter school
1207	1207		sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board but shall
1208	1208		only include those which pr ovide in-person or blended instruction ,
1209	1209		as provided by Section 1-111 of this title, to not less than two-
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1261	1261		thirds (2/3) of students as the primary means of instructional
1262	1262		service delivery.
1263	1263		4. The Department shall d evelop a program to acknowledge the
1264	1264		redbud school grant recipients and shall include elected members of
1265	1265		the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma State Senate who
1266	1266		represent the Oklahoma School for th e Blind, the Oklahoma School for
1267	1267		the Deaf, school districts, and eligible charter schools.
1268	1268		5. The Department shall create a dedicated page on its website
1269	1269		listing annual redbud school grant recipients, amount awarded to
1270	1270		each recipient, and other pertinent information about the Redbud
1271	1271		School Funding Act.
1272	1272		6. The Department shall provide the Chair chair of the House
1273	1273		Appropriations and Budget Committee and the Chair chair of the
1274	1274		Senate Appropriations Committee no later t han February 1 of each
1275	1275		year with an estimate of the upcoming year’s redbud school grant
1276	1276		allocation as prescribed by this section.
1277	1277		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
1278	1278		SECTION 3. It being immediately nec essary for the preservation
1279	1279		of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
1280	1280		declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
1281	1281		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
1282	1282
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