1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 2540 By: O'Donnell | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; requiring board of | | education to spend at least sixty-five percent of its | 8| operational expenditures on classroom expenditures; | | defining terms; providing for codification; providing | 9| an effective date; and declaring an emergency. | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 13| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 14|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-126 of Title 70, unless there | | | 15|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 16| A. A school district board of education shall spend at least | | | 17|sixty-five percent (65%) of its operational expenditures on | | | 18|classroom expenditures. | | | 19| B. As used in this section: | | | 20| 1. "Classroom expenditures" means expenditures for activities | | | 21|directly associated with the interaction between teachers and | | | 22|students including, but not limited to, teacher salaries and | | | 23|benefits, classroom supplies, and instructional materials and | | | 24|services; and | | | Req. No. 5935 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 2. "Operational expenditures" means all expenditures made by a | | | 2|school district board of education other than expenditures for | | | 3|capital construction or debt or bond payments including, but not | | | 4|limited to, the payment of interest on debt or bonds, and | | | 5|expenditures for facilities' leases and facilities' rental payments. | | | 6| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 7| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 8|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 9|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 10|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 11| | | | 12| 59-1-5935 EK 01/13/23 | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 5935 Page 2