1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|HOUSE BILL 2080 By: Caldwell (Chad) |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 18-124, which relates to State Aid; removing |
8| certain limitation on administrative services |
| expenditures; modifying school attendance |
9| requirements for certain limitation; updating |
| definition for administrative services; deleting |
10| outdated reference; providing an effective date; and |
| declaring an emergency. |
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14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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15| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 18-124, is |
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16|amended to read as follows: |
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17| Section 18-124. A. Any school district with an average daily |
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18|attendance (ADA) of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) |
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19|students for the preceding year which expends for administrative |
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20|services in the 2005-06 school year or any school year thereafter, |
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21|less expenditures for legal services, more than five percent (5%) of |
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22|the amount it expends for total expenditures, less expenditures for |
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23|legal services, shall have the amount which exceeds the five percent |
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1|(5%) withheld the following year from the Foundation and Salary |
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2|Incentive Aid for the school district. |
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3| B. Any school district with an average daily attendance (ADA) |
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4|of more than five hundred (500) students but not more than one |
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5|thousand five hundred (1,500) students for the preceding year which |
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6|expends for administrative services in the 2005-06 school year or |
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7|any school year thereafter, less expenditures for legal services, |
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8|more than seven percent (7%) of the amount it expends for total |
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9|expenditures, less expenditures for legal services, shall have the |
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10|amount which exceeds the seven percent (7%) withheld the following |
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11|year from the Foundation and Salary Incentive Aid for the school |
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12|district. |
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13| C. B. Any school district with an average daily attendance |
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14|(ADA) of five hundred (500) or fewer students for the preceding year |
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15|which expends for administrative services in the 2005-06 school year |
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16|or any school year thereafter, less expenditures for legal services, |
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17|more than eight percent (8%) of the amount it expends for total |
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18|expenditures, less expenditures for legal services, shall have the |
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19|amount which exceeds the eight percent (8%) withheld the following |
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20|year from the Foundation and Salary Incentive Aid for the school |
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21|district. |
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22| D. C. For purposes of this section, "administrative services" |
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23|means costs associated with: |
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1| 1. Staff expenditures for the administration of schools and |
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2|school districts including, but not limited to, expenditures for the |
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3|board of education; |
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4| 2. The secretary/clerk for the board of education; |
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5| 3. Staff relations; |
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6| 4. Negotiations staff; |
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7| 5. Immediate staff of the superintendent, any elementary |
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8|superintendent or any assistant superintendent; |
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9| 6. Any superintendent, elementary superintendent, or assistant |
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10|superintendent; |
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11| 7. Any employee of a school district employed as a director, |
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12|coordinator, supervisor, or who has responsibility for |
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13|administrative functions of a school district; and |
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14| 8. Any consultant hired by the school district administration |
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15|of school districts, superintendent and other school district |
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16|administrative employees and support staff, principals and other |
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17|school administrative employees and administrative support staff, |
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18|full-time department chairpersons, graduation expenses, and business |
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19|and central offices expenditures including, but not limited to, |
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20|fiscal services, budgeting, payroll, purchasing, storage, material |
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21|distribution, planning, research, evaluation, staff recruitment, and |
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22|data processing. |
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23| E. D. If an employee of a school district is employed in a |
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24|position where part of the employee's time is spent as an |
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1|administrator and part of the time is spent in nonadministrative |
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2|functions, the percentage of time spent as an administrator shall be |
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3|included as administrative services. A superintendent who spends |
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4|part of the time performing exempted nonadministrative services such |
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5|as teaching in the classroom, serving as a principal, counselor, or |
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6|library media specialist, can code up to forty percent (40%) of |
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7|their salary to other nonadministrative functions. The total amount |
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8|of time a superintendent of a school district spends performing |
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9|services for a school district shall be included as administrative |
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10|services even if part of the time the superintendent is performing |
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11|nonexempted nonadministrative service functions. The total amount |
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12|received by a superintendent from the school district as salary, for |
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13|the performance of administrative and nonexempted nonadministrative |
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14|services, shall be recorded under the code for superintendent salary |
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15|as provided for in the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System. |
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16| F. E. Each school site within a school district shall take |
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17|steps to ensure that the administrative costs for the school comply |
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18|with the expenditure limits established for school districts in this |
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19|section. |
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20| G. F. Funds withheld pursuant to the provisions of this section |
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21|shall be distributed through the State Aid formula to the districts |
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22|not so penalized. |
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23| H. For the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school year, school districts |
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24|shall report to the State Department of Education the costs |
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1|associated with administrative services for the school district as |
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2|defined in subsection D of this section. |
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