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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 848 By: Bullard
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61	61	AS INTRODUCED
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63	63	An Act relating to education funding; creating the
64	64	Oklahoma Independent Education Act; providing short
65	65	title; stating legislative intent; providing purpose
66	66	of act; prohibiting certain school districts and
67	67	charter schools from using or being forced to use
68	68	certain funds for certain activities; defining terms;
69	69	directing the State Department of Education and the
70	70	State Board of Education to devel op certain plan;
71	71	requiring submission of plan; providing for adoption
72	72	of plan; providing for creation of certain working
73	73	group; providing for membership; requiring
74	74	appointments within certain time period; prohibiting
75	75	certain members from receiving certain compensation
76	76	or travel reimbursement; exempting the working group
77	77	from certain acts; providing for staff support;
78	78	requiring submission of certain report; providing for
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80	80	declaring an emergency .
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85	85	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
86	86	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
87	87	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18 -104.1 of Title 70, unless
88	88	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
89	89	A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma
90	90	Independent Education Act ”. In accordance with the Tenth Amendment
91	91	to the United States Constitution, the Legislature finds it
92	92	necessary to protect the values, funding, and independence of publ ic
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144	144	schools, students, parents, and taxpayers in this state. The
145	145	purpose of this act is to ensure that no public school in this state
146	146	may be compelled by threat of defunding to establish policies that
147	147	are not in line with the purpose of public schools, whi ch is to
148	148	prepare students with knowledge which will help them perform well in
149	149	society and the workplace by having fundamental skills in reading,
150	150	writing, mathematics, observable science, and primary -sourced
151	151	history and government.
152	152	B. 1. No school distric t or public charter school in this
153	153	state shall use, or be forced to use throug h intimidation or threat
154	154	by the United States Department of Education, private, state, or
155	155	federal funds to develop, organize, administer, engage in, promote,
156	156	or endorse any activ ity including any event, initiative, official
157	157	communication, social media post, educational program, or public
158	158	campaign, that aims to promote or recognize sexual orientation or
159	159	gender identity.
160	160	2. For the purposes of this section:
161	161	a. “gender identity” means a person’s innate sense of
162	162	gender, chiefly used in contexts where it is
163	163	contrasted with the biological sex of the person at
164	164	birth, and
165	165	b. “sexual orientation” means a person’s identity in
166	166	relation to the gender or genders to which the person
167	167	is sexually attracted.
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219	219	C. The State Department of Education and the State Board of
220	220	Education shall develop a plan to phase out the acceptance and use
221	221	of funds provided by the federal government for the support of pre -
222	222	kindergarten through twelfth grade education in t his state and
223	223	replace those funds with state funds. The plan shall include bu t
224	224	not be limited to a proposed timeline for phasing out acceptance and
225	225	use of federal funds, the projected need for state or local funds to
226	226	replace the federal funds, and the rea sons for the need to phase out
227	227	the federal funds. The plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the
228	228	President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
229	229	Representatives. The Legislature may adopt the plan through passage
230	230	of legislation approved by a majority of the Senate and House of
231	231	Representatives and signed by t he Governor.
232	232	D. 1. The Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,
233	233	and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall form a working
234	234	group to monitor implementation o f the provisions of this act. The
235	235	working group shall be comprised of:
236	236	a. the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and
237	237	one other member of the Senate, appointed by the
238	238	President Pro Tempore of the Senate,
239	239	b. the chair of the House Appropriations a nd Budget
240	240	Committee and one other member of the House of
241	241	Representatives, appo inted by the Speaker of the House
242	242	of Representatives, and
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294	294	c. one member appointed by the Governor, who shall serve
295	295	as chair of the working group.
296	296	2. Appointments to the working group shall be made within
297	297	thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act. Members of
298	298	the working group shall receive no compensation or travel
299	299	reimbursement, except legislative members who shall be reimbursed
300	300	for necessary travel expenses in accor dance with the provisions of
301	301	Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
302	302	3. The working group shall not be subject to the Oklahoma Open
303	303	Meeting Act or the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
304	304	4. The State Department of Education shall provide staff and
305	305	administrative support for the working group.
306	306	5. The working group shall submit a report of its findings and
307	307	recommendations to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
308	308	Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
309	309	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
310	310	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
311	311	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
312	312	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
313	313	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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