1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 2071 By: Caldwell (Chad) | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; requiring school district | | to spend certain percentage of budget on | 8| instructional expenditures; mandating annual increase | | to comply with requirement; providing for written | 9| warning notice for failure to comply; directing | | warning notice be posted on district website; | 10| requiring increased compensation for failure to | | comply for four consecutive years; mandating | 11| permanent compensation increase; defining terms; | | providing for codification; providing an effective | 12| date; and declaring an emergency. | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 16| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 17|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-128.3 of Title 70, unless | | | 18|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 19| A. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the board of | | | 20|education of each school district in the state shall spend no less | | | 21|than sixty percent (60%) of its annual budget on instructional | | | 22|expenditures. | | | 23| B. If a school district spends less than sixty percent (60%) of | | | 24|its annual budget on instructional expenditures, it shall increase | | | Req. No. 7052 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|its instructional expenditures by no less than two percent (2%) each | | | 2|year until the amount spent on instructional expenditures reaches | | | 3|sixty percent (60%) of its annual budget. | | | 4| C. If a school district spends less than sixty percent (60%) of | | | 5|its annual budget on instructional expenditures and does not | | | 6|increase its spending as provided in subsection B of this section, | | | 7|the school district shall receive a written warning notice from the | | | 8|State Department of Education. The notice shall also be posted on | | | 9|the website of the school district. | | | 10| D. If a school district spends less than sixty percent (60%) of | | | 11|its annual budget on instructional expenditures and does not | | | 12|increase its spending as provided in subsection B of this section | | | 13|for four (4) consecutive years after receiving the notice provided | | | 14|in subsection C of this section, the school district shall increase | | | 15|compensation for all teachers in the school district by two percent | | | 16|(2%) for each year in that period in which the school district did | | | 17|not increase instructional expenditures by a minimum of two percent | | | 18|(2%). The pay increase required pursuant to this subsection shall | | | 19|be permanent. | | | 20| E. As used in this section: | | | 21| 1. "Annual budget" means a plan of financial operations using | | | 22|revenues contributed from local, state, and federal sources but | | | 23|shall not include revenue received from bond sales, the sale of | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 7052 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|property or equipment, school fundraisers, or nonprofit organization | | | 2|contributions or grants; and | | | 3| 2. "Instructional expenditures" means instruction and | | | 4|instruction-related expenditures as defined by the National Center | | | 5|for Education Statistics, a federal entity within the United States | | | 6|Department of Education. | | | 7| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 8| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 9|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 10|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 11|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 12| | | | 13| 59-1-7052 EK 01/04/23 | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 7052 Page 3