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53	53		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55		1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57		SENATE BILL 798 By: Reinhardt
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63	63		AS INTRODUCED
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65	65		An Act relating to the State Board of Education;
66	66		amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -104, as last amended
67	67		by Section 2, Chapter 445, O.S. L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp.
68	68		2024, Section 3-104), which relates to the powers and
69	69		duties of the State Board of Education; requiring
70	70		electronic submission of certain report; authorizing
71	71		the Board to revoke or suspend a certificate only for
72	72		certain reasons; prohi biting the Board from summarily
73	73		revoking or suspending a certificate pending c ertain
74	74		proceeding or other action unless for certain
75	75		emergency; prohibiting the Board from moving to
76	76		revoke or suspend a certificate unless certain
77	77		certificate holder and distric t are provided certain
78	78		notice; updating statutory references; providing an
79	79		effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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85	85		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
86	86		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-104, as
87	87		last amended by Section 2, Chapter 445, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp.
88	88		2024, Section 3-104), is amended to read as follows:
89	89		Section 3-104. A. The supervision of the public school system
90	90		of Oklahoma shall be vested in the State Board of Education an d,
91	91		subject to limitations otherwise provided by law, the State Board of
92	92		Education shall:
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144	144		1. Adopt policies and make rules for the operation of the
145	145		public school system of the state;
146	146		2. Appoint, prescribe the duties, and fix the compensation of a
147	147		secretary, an attorney, and all other personnel necessary for the
148	148		proper performance o f the functions of the State Board of Education.
149	149		The secretary shall not be a member of the Board;
150	150		3. Submit to the Governor a departmental budget based upon
151	151		major functions of the State Department of Education as prepared by
152	152		the Superintendent of Public Instruction and supported by detailed
153	153		data on needs and proposed operations as partially determined by the
154	154		budgetary needs of local school districts filed with the State Board
155	155		of Education for the ensuing fiscal year. Appropriations therefor
156	156		shall be made in lump-sum form for each major item in the budget as
157	157		follows:
158	158		a. State Aid to schools,
159	159		b. the supervision of all other functions of general and
160	160		special education including gen eral control, free
161	161		textbooks, school lunch, Indian education, and all
162	162		other functions of the Board and an amount sufficient
163	163		to adequately staff and administer these services, and
164	164		c. the Board shall determine the details by which the
165	165		budget and the appropri ations are administered.
166	166		Annually, the Board shall make preparations to
167	167		consolidate all of the functions of the Department in
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219	219		such a way that the budget can be based on two items,
220	220		administration and aid to schools. A maximum amount
221	221		for administration sha ll be designated as a part of
222	222		the total appropriation;
223	223		4. On the first day of December preceding each regular session
224	224		of the Legislature, prepare and deliver electronically to the
225	225		Governor and the Legislature a report for the year ending June 30
226	226		immediately preceding the regular session of the Legislature. The
227	227		report shall contain :
228	228		a. detailed statistics and other information concerning
229	229		enrollment, attendance, expenditures including State
230	230		Aid, and other pertinent data for all public schools
231	231		in this state,
232	232		b. reports from each and every division within the State
233	233		Department of Education as submitted by the
234	234		Superintendent of Public Instruction and any other
235	235		division, department, institution, or other agency
236	236		under the supervision of the Board,
237	237		c. recommendations for the improvement of the public
238	238		school system of the state,
239	239		d. a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the
240	240		State Board of Education for the past year, and
241	241		e. a statement of plans and recommendations for the
242	242		management and improvement of public schools and such
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294	294		other information relating to the educational
295	295		interests of the state as may be deemed necessary and
296	296		desirable;
297	297		5. Provide for the formulation and adoption of curricula,
298	298		courses of study, and other instructional aids necessary for the
299	299		adequate instruction of pupils in the public schools;
300	300		6. Have authority in matte rs pertaining to the licensure and
301	301		certification of persons for instructional, supervisory, and
302	302		administrative positions and services in the public schools of the
303	303		state subject to the provisions of Section 6 -184 of this title, and
304	304		shall formulate rules governing the issuance and revocation of
305	305		certificates for superintendents of schools, principals,
306	306		supervisors, librarians, clerical employees, school nurses, school
307	307		bus drivers, visiting teachers, classroom teachers, and for other
308	308		personnel performing instruc tional, administrative, and supervisory
309	309		services, but not including members of boards of education and other
310	310		employees who do not work directly with pupils, and may charge and
311	311		collect reasonable fees for the issuance of such certificates:
312	312		a. the State Department of Education shall not issue a
313	313		certificate to and shall revoke the certificate of any
314	314		person who has been convicted, whether upon a verdict
315	315		or plea of guilty or upon a ple a of nolo contendere,
316	316		or received a suspended sentence or any probationary
317	317		term for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime
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369	369		provided for in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the
370	370		Oklahoma Statutes if the offense involved sexual abuse
371	371		or sexual exploitation as th ose terms are defined in
372	372		Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes,
373	373		Section 741, 843.1, if the offense included sexual
374	374		abuse or sexual exploitation, 865 et seq., 885, 888,
375	375		891, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1087, 1088,
376	376		1111.1, 1114, or 1123 o f Title 21 of the Oklahoma
377	377		Statutes or who enters this state and who has been
378	378		convicted, received a suspended sentence, or received
379	379		a deferred judgment for a crime or attempted crime
380	380		which, if committed or attempted in this state, would
381	381		be a crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided
382	382		for in any of the laws, and
383	383		b. except as provided for in subparagraph a of this
384	384		paragraph, the State Board of Education shall have the
385	385		authority to revoke or suspend a certificate only for
386	386		the following reasons:
387	387		(1) a willful violation of any federal or state law,
388	388		(2) the abuse or neglect of a child,
389	389		(3) moral turpitude,
390	390		(4) incompetency in the performance of duty, or
391	391		(5) neglect of any professional duty.
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443	443		The State Board of Education shall not have the
444	444		authority to summarily revoke or suspend a certificate
445	445		pending an individual proceeding for revocation or
446	446		other action unless for a valid emergency as defined
447	447		in the Administrative Procedures Act. In no event
448	448		shall the State Board of Education move to revoke or
449	449		suspend a certificate, emergency or otherwise, unless
450	450		the certificate holder and any employin g school
451	451		district has received notice at least ten (10) days
452	452		prior to filing of the complaint, and
453	453		c. all funds collected by the State Department of
454	454		Education for the issuance of certificates to
455	455		instructional, supervisory, and administrative
456	456		personnel in the public schools of the state shall be
457	457		deposited in the “Teachers’ Certification Fund” in the
458	458		State Treasury and may be expended by the State Board
459	459		of Education to finance the a ctivities of the State
460	460		Department of Education necessary to administer the
461	461		program, for consultative services, publication costs,
462	462		actual and necessary travel expenses as provided in
463	463		the State Travel Reimbursement Act incurred by persons
464	464		performing research work, and other expenses found
465	465		necessary by the State Board of Education for the
466	466		improvement of the preparation and certification of
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518	518		teachers in this state. Provided, any unobligated
519	519		balance in the Teachers ’ Certification Fund in excess
520	520		of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) on June 30 of any
521	521		fiscal year shall be transferred to the General
522	522		Revenue Fund of this state. Until July 1, 1997, the
523	523		State Board of Education shall have authority for
524	524		approval of teacher education programs. The State
525	525		Board of Education shall also have authority for the
526	526		administration of teacher residency and professional
527	527		development, subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma
528	528		Teacher Preparation Act;
529	529		7. Promulgate rules governing the classification, inspection,
530	530		supervision, and accred iting of all public nursery, kindergarten,
531	531		elementary and secondary schools, a nd on-site educational services
532	532		provided by public school districts or state -accredited private
533	533		schools in partial hospitalization programs, day treatment programs,
534	534		and day hospital programs as defined in this section, Section 3-
535	535		104.7 of this title, and Section 603.4 175.20 of Title 10 of the
536	536		Oklahoma Statutes for persons between the ages of three (3) and
537	537		twenty-one (21) years of age in the state. However, no school shall
538	538		be denied accreditation solely on the basis of average daily
539	539		attendance.
540	540		Any school district which maintains an elementary school and
541	541		faces the necessity of relocating its school facilities because of
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593	593		construction of a lake, either by state or federal authority, which
594	594		will inundate the school facilities, shall be entitled to receive
595	595		probationary accreditation from the State Board of Education for a
596	596		period of five (5) years after June 12, 1975, and any school
597	597		district, otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to rece ive
598	598		probationary accreditation from the State Board of Education for a
599	599		period of two (2) consecutive years to attain the minimum average
600	600		daily attendance. The Head Start and public nurseries or
601	601		kindergartens operated from community action agency funds sha ll not
602	602		be subjected to the accrediting rules of the State Board of
603	603		Education. Neither will the State Board of Education make rules
604	604		affecting the operation of the public nurseries and kindergartens
605	605		operated from federal funds secured through community acti on
606	606		agencies even though they may be operating in the public schools of
607	607		the state. However, any of the Head Start or public nurseries or
608	608		kindergartens operated under federal regulations may make
609	609		application for accrediting from the State Board of Education but
610	610		will be accredited only if application for the approval of the
611	611		programs is made. The status of no school district shall be changed
612	612		which will reduce it to a lower classification until due notice has
613	613		been given to the proper authorities thereof and an opportunity
614	614		given to correct the conditions which otherwise would be the caus e
615	615		of such reduction.
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667	667		Private and parochial schools may be accredited and classified
668	668		in like manner as public schools or, if an accrediting association
669	669		is approved by the State Bo ard of Education, by procedures
670	670		established by the State Board of Education to accept accreditation
671	671		by such accrediting association, if application is made to the State
672	672		Board of Education for such accrediting;
673	673		8. Be the legal agent of this state to accept , in its
674	674		discretion, the provisions of any Act of Congress appropriating or
675	675		apportioning funds which are now, or may hereafter be, provided for
676	676		use in connection with any phase of the system of public education
677	677		in Oklahoma. It shall prescribe such rules a s it finds necessary to
678	678		provide for the proper distribution of such funds in accordance with
679	679		the state and federal laws;
680	680		9. Be and is specifically hereby designated as the agency of
681	681		this state to cooperate and deal with any officer, board, or
682	682		authority of the United States Government under any law of the
683	683		United States which may req uire or recommend cooperation with any
684	684		state board having charge of the administration of public schools
685	685		unless otherwise provided by law;
686	686		10. Be and is hereby designated as the “State Educational
687	687		Agency” state educational agency referred to in Public Law 396 of
688	688		the 79th Congress of the United States, as amended, which law states
689	689		that the act may be cited known as the “National Richard B. Russell
690	690		National School Lunch Act” Act, and the State Board of Education is
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742	742		hereby authorized and directed to accept th e terms and provisions of
743	743		the act and to enter into such agreements, not in conflict with the
744	744		Constitution of Oklahoma or the Constitution and Statutes of the
745	745		United States, as may be necessary or appropriate to secure for this
746	746		state the benefits of the school lunch program established and
747	747		referred to in the act;
748	748		11. Have authority to secure and administer the benefits of the
749	749		Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, Public L aw 396 of the
750	750		79th Congress of the United States, as amended, in this state and is
751	751		hereby authorized to employ or appoint and fix the compensation of
752	752		such additional officers or employees and to incur such expenses as
753	753		may be necessary for the accomplishmen t of the above purpose, and
754	754		administer the distribution of any state funds appropriated by the
755	755		Legislature required as federal matching to reimburse on children ’s
756	756		meals;
757	757		12. Accept and provide for the administration of any land,
758	758		money, buildings, gifts, donation donations, or other things of
759	759		value which may be offered or bequeathed to the schools under the
760	760		supervision or control of the Board;
761	761		13. Have authority to require persons having administrative
762	762		control of all school districts in Oklahoma to make su ch regular and
763	763		special reports regarding the activities of the schools in the
764	764		districts as the Board may deem needful for the proper exercise of
765	765		its duties and functions. Such authority shall include the right of
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817	817		the State Board of Education to withhold a ll state funds under its
818	818		control, to withhold official recognition including a ccrediting,
819	819		until such required reports have been filed and accepted in the
820	820		office of the Board and to revoke the certificates of persons
821	821		failing or refusing to make such reports ;
822	822		14. Have general supervision of the school lunch program. The
823	823		State Board of Education may sponsor workshops for personnel and
824	824		participants in the school lunch program and may develop, print, and
825	825		distribute free of charge or sell any materials, books, and
826	826		bulletins to be used in the school lunch programs. There is hereby
827	827		created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Board, to be
828	828		designated the “School Lunch Workshop Revolving Fund ”. The fund
829	829		shall consist of all fees derived from or on behalf of any
830	830		participant in any such workshop sponsored by the State Board of
831	831		Education, or from the sale of any materials, books, and bulletins,
832	832		and funds shall be disbursed for expenses of such workshops and for
833	833		developing, printing, and distributing of the m aterials, books, and
834	834		bulletins relating to the school lunch program. The fund shall be
835	835		administered in accordance with Section 155 of Title 62 of the
836	836		Oklahoma Statutes;
837	837		15. Prescribe all forms for school district and county officers
838	838		to report to the Stat e Board of Education where required. The State
839	839		Board of Education shall also prescribe a list of appropriation
840	840		accounts by which the funds of school districts shall be budgeted,
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892	892		accounted for, and expended; and it shall be the duty of the State
893	893		Auditor and Inspector in prescribing all budgeting, accounting, and
894	894		reporting forms for school funds to conform to such lists;
895	895		16. Provide for the establishment of a uniform system of pupil
896	896		and personnel accounting, records, and reports;
897	897		17. Have authority to prov ide for the health and safety of
898	898		school children and school personnel while under the jurisdiction of
899	899		school authorities;
900	900		18. Provide for the supervision of the transportation of
901	901		pupils;
902	902		19. Have authority, upon request of the local school board, to
903	903		act in behalf of the public schools of the state in the purchase of
904	904		transportation equipment;
905	905		20. Have authority and is hereby required to perform all duties
906	906		necessary to the administration of the public school system in
907	907		Oklahoma as specified in the Oklahoma School Code; and, in addition
908	908		thereto, those duties not specifically mentioned herein if not
909	909		delegated by law to any other agency or official;
910	910		21. Administer the State Public Common School Building
911	911		Equalization Fund established by Section 32 of Article X of the
912	912		Oklahoma Constitution. Any monies as may be appropriated or
913	913		designated by the Legislature, other than ad valorem taxes, any
914	914		other funds identified by the State Department of Education, which
915	915		may include, but not be limited to, grants -in-aid from the federal
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967	967		government for building purposes, the proceeds of all property that
968	968		shall fall to the state by escheat, penalties for unlawful holding
969	969		of real estate by corporations, and capital gains on assets of the
970	970		permanent school funds, shall be deposited i n the State Public
971	971		Common School Building Equalization Fund. The fund shall b e used to
972	972		aid school districts and charter schools in acquiring buildings,
973	973		subject to the limitations fixed by Section 32 of Article X of the
974	974		Oklahoma Constitution. It is hereby declared that redbud school
975	975		grants disbursed from the State Public Common School Building
976	976		Equalization Fund shall be used for the same purposes as a building
977	977		fund, as provided for in Section 1 -118 of this title. It is hereby
978	978		declared that the term “school districts” as used in Section 32 of
979	979		Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution s hall mean school districts
980	980		and eligible charter schools as defined in subsection B of this
981	981		section. The State Board of Education shall disburse redbud school
982	982		grants annually from the State Public Common School Building
983	983		Equalization Fund to public schools and eligible charter schools
984	984		pursuant to subsection B of this section. The Board shall
985	985		promulgate rules for the implementation of disbursing redbud school
986	986		grants pursuant to thi s section. The State Board of Education shall
987	987		prescribe rules for making gran ts of aid from, and for otherwise
988	988		administering, the fund pursuant to the provisions of this
989	989		paragraph, and may employ and fix the duties and compensation of
990	990		technicians, aides, clerks, stenographers, attorneys, and other
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1042	1042		personnel deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this
1043	1043		paragraph. The cost of administering the fund shall be paid from
1044	1044		monies appropriated to the State Board of Education for the
1045	1045		operation of the State Department of Education. From monies
1046	1046		apportioned to the fund, the State Depar tment of Education may
1047	1047		reserve not more than one -half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) for
1048	1048		purposes of administering the fund;
1049	1049		22. Recognize that the Director of the Department of
1050	1050		Corrections shall be the administrative authority for the schools
1051	1051		which are maintained in the state reformatories and shall appoint
1052	1052		the principals and teachers in such schools. Provided, that rules
1053	1053		of the State Board of Education for the classification, insp ection,
1054	1054		and accreditation of public schools shall be applicable to such
1055	1055		schools; and such schools shall comply with standards set by the
1056	1056		State Board of Education; and
1057	1057		23. Have authority to administer a revolving fund which is
1058	1058		hereby created in the State T reasury, to be designated the
1059	1059		“Statistical Services Revolving Fund ”. The fund shall consist of
1060	1060		all monies received from the various school districts of the state,
1061	1061		the United States Government, and other sources for the purpose of
1062	1062		furnishing or financing s tatistical services and for any other
1063	1063		purpose as designated by the Legislature . The State Board of
1064	1064		Education is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with school
1065	1065		districts, municipalities, the United States Government,
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1117	1117		foundations, and other agencies or individuals for services,
1118	1118		programs, or research projects. The Statistical Services Revolving
1119	1119		Fund shall be administered in accordance with Section 155 of Title
1120	1120		62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
1121	1121		B. 1. The redbud school grants shall be determined by the
1122	1122		State Department of Education as follows:
1123	1123		a. divide the county four -mill levy revenue by four to
1124	1124		determine the nonchargeable county four -mill revenue
1125	1125		for each school district,
1126	1126		b. determine the amount of new revenue generated by the
1127	1127		five-mill building fund le vy as authorized by Section
1128	1128		10 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution for each
1129	1129		school district as reported in the Oklahoma Cost
1130	1130		Accounting System for the preceding fiscal year,
1131	1131		c. add the amounts calculated in subparagraphs a and b of
1132	1132		this paragraph to determine the nonchargeable millage
1133	1133		for each school district,
1134	1134		d. add the nonchargeable millage in each district
1135	1135		statewide as calculated in subparagraph c of this
1136	1136		paragraph and divide the total by the average daily
1137	1137		membership in public schools statewide bas ed on the
1138	1138		preceding school year ’s average daily membership,
1139	1139		according to the provisions of Section 18 -107 of this
1140	1140		title. This amount is the statewide nonchargeable
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1192	1192		millage per student, known as the baseline local
1193	1193		funding per student,
1194	1194		e. all eligible charter schools shall be included in
1195	1195		these calculations as unique school districts,
1196	1196		separate from the school district that may sponsor the
1197	1197		eligible charter school, and the total number of
1198	1198		districts shall be used to determine the statewide
1199	1199		average baseline local funding per student,
1200	1200		f. for each school district or eligible charter school
1201	1201		which is below the baseline local funding per student,
1202	1202		the Department shall subtract the baseline local
1203	1203		funding per student from the average nonchargeable
1204	1204		millage per student of t he school district or eligible
1205	1205		charter school to determine the nonchargeable m illage
1206	1206		per student shortfall for each district, and
1207	1207		g. the nonchargeable millage per student shortfall for a
1208	1208		school district or eligible charter school shall be
1209	1209		multiplied by the average daily membership of the
1210	1210		preceding school year of the eligible school district
1211	1211		or eligible charter school. This amount shall be the
1212	1212		redbud school grant amount for the school district or
1213	1213		eligible charter school.
1214	1214		2. For fiscal year 2022, monies for the redbud school grants
1215	1215		shall be expended from the funds apportioned pursuan t to Section 426
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1267	1267		of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. For fiscal year 2023 and each
1268	1268		subsequent fiscal year, monies for the redbud school grants shall be
1269	1269		appropriated pursuant t o Section 426 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
1270	1270		Statutes, not to exceed three -fourths (3/4) of the tax collected in
1271	1271		the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 426 of Title 63 of the
1272	1272		Oklahoma Statutes as determined by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. For
1273	1273		fiscal year 2023 and each subsequent fiscal year, if such
1274	1274		appropriated funds are insuf ficient to fund the redbud school
1275	1275		grants, then an additional apportionment of funds shall be made from
1276	1276		sales tax collections as provided by subsection D of Section 1353 of
1277	1277		Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If both funds are insufficient,
1278	1278		the Department shall promulgate rules to permit a decrease to the
1279	1279		baseline local funding per student to the highest amount allowed
1280	1280		with the funding available.
1281	1281		3. As used in this section, “eligible charter school” shall
1282	1282		mean a charter school which is sponsored pursuant to the provisions
1283	1283		of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. Provided, however, eligible
1284	1284		charter school shall not include a statewide virtual charter school
1285	1285		sponsored by the Statewide C harter School Board but shall only
1286	1286		include those which provide in -person or blended instruction, as
1287	1287		provided by Section 1 -111 of this title, to not less than two -thirds
1288	1288		(2/3) of students as the primary means of instructional service
1289	1289		delivery.
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1341	1341		4. The Department shall develop a program to acknowledge the
1342	1342		redbud school grant recipient s and shall include elected members of
1343	1343		the House of Representatives and Senate who represent the school
1344	1344		districts and eligible charter schools.
1345	1345		5. The Department shall create a dedicated page on its website
1346	1346		listing annual redbud school grant recipients, amount awarded to
1347	1347		each recipient, and other pertinent information about the Redbud
1348	1348		School Funding Act.
1349	1349		6. The Department shall provide the chair of the House
1350	1350		Appropriations and B udget Committee and the chair of the Senate
1351	1351		Appropriations Committee no later than February 1 of each year with
1352	1352		an estimate of the upcoming year ’s redbud school grant allocation as
1353	1353		prescribed by this section.
1354	1354		SECTION 2. This act shall beco me effective July 1, 2025.
1355	1355		SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
1356	1356		of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
1357	1357		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
1358	1358		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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