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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 407 By: Brooks
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to federal funds; directing public
school districts that receive certain federal funds
to provide professional developmen t for certain
teachers; defining term; providing for promulgation
of rules; 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 18-202.2 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of federal law, public
school districts that receive federal funding through the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as reauthorized by P.L.
No. 114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), to
ensure that English learners attain English language proficiency
shall use fifty percent (50%) of the funds to provide professional
development for teachers who offer instruction in English as a
second language. For the purposes of this section, “English
learner” shall mean a student who has limited English speaking
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abilities or who comes from a home where English is not the dominant
language as reported on the current year application for
accreditation.
B. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to monitor
compliance with subsection A of this section.
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 s hall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
60-1-321 EB 1/7/2025 7:38:43 AM