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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1280 By: Caldwell (Chad), Hays,
Banning, and Crosswhite
Hader of the House
and
Rader of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
[ schools – districts – budget – expenditures –
requirement – comply – website – years – increase -
terms – codification – 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 5 -128.3 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning with the 2025 -2026 school year, the board of
education of each school district in the state shall spend no less
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than fifty percent (50%) of its annual budget on instructional
expenditures.
B. If a school district spends less than fifty percent (50%) of
its annual budget on instructional expenditures, it shall increase
its instructional expenditures by no less than two percent (2%) each
year until the amount spent on instructional expenditures reaches
fifty percent (50%) of its annual budget.
C. If a school district sp ends less than fifty percent (50%) of
its annual budget on instructional expenditures and does not
increase its spending as provided in subsection B of this section,
the school district shall receive a written warning notice from the
State Department of Ed ucation. The notice shall also be posted on
the website of the school district.
D. If a school district spends less than fifty percent (50%) of
its annual budget on instructional expenditures and does not
increase its spending as provided in subsection B of this section
for four (4) consecutive years after receiving the notice provided
in subsection C of this section, the school district shall increase
compensation for all teachers in the school district by two percent
(2%) for each year in that period in which the school district did
not increase instructional expenditures by a minimum of two percent
(2%). The pay increase required pursuant to this subsection shall
be permanent.
E. As used in this section:
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1. "Annual budget" means a plan of financial o perations using
revenues contributed from local, state, and federal sources but
shall not include revenue received from bond sales, the sale of
property or equipment, school fundraisers, or nonprofit organization
contributions or grants; and
2. "Instructional expenditures" means instruction expenditures
as defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, a
federal entity within the United States Department of Education.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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 this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and app roval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET, dated
03/06/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.