1|ENGROSSED HOUSE | |BILL NO. 2775 By: McCall, McBride, Baker, | 2| Bashore, Moore, Humphrey, | | Luttrell, Caldwell (Chad), | 3| Maynard, Echols, and | | Hilbert of the House | 4| | | and | 5| | | Daniels and Jett of the | 6| Senate | | | 7| | | | 8| | | | 9| | | | 10| An Act relating to education; making appropriations | | to the State Board of Education; specifying | 11| appropriation amounts; providing a pay increase for | | all active classroom teachers; directing certain | 12| appropriation to be distributed based on average | | daily membership; establishing maximum distribution | 13| amount; providing allowable expenditures for | | appropriated funds; including certain schools in | 14| funding eligibility; providing a pay increase for | | certain employees; including appropriations in | 15| per-pupil expenditure calculations; prohibiting | | severability of act provisions; providing for | 16| conditional enactment; providing for noncodification; | | providing an effective date; and declaring an | 17| emergency. | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 22| SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the State Board of | | | 23|Education from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the | | | 24|General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year | | | arsid6099188 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2775 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|ending June 30, 2024, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars | | | 2|($150,000,000.00) for the financial support of public schools. A | | | 3|portion of these monies and monies appropriated in Section 3 of this | | | 4|act shall be used to increase salaries of all public school district | | | 5|active classroom teachers, as defined in Section 17-101 of Title 70 | | | 6|of the Oklahoma Statutes, in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred | | | 7|Dollars ($2,500.00) per active classroom teacher for the 2023-2024 | | | 8|school year. If a person employed as an active classroom teacher by | | | 9|a school district during the 2022-2023 school year was receiving a | | | 10|salary greater than the step level indicated by the state or local | | | 11|Minimum Salary Schedule for the 2022-2023 school year, the person | | | 12|shall receive a salary increase in the amount of Two Thousand Five | | | 13|Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) greater than his or her salary for the | | | 14|2022-2023 school year, provided the person remains employed by the | | | 15|same district and the hours or duties of the person are not reduced. | | | 16| SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Student | | | 17|Fund of the State Treasury created in Enrolled House Bill No. 1935 | | | 18|enacted by the 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature from any | | | 19|monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue Fund of | | | 20|the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the sum | | | 21|of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) to be distributed in a | | | 22|proportional manner the same as redbud school grants provided for in | | | 23|subsection B of Section 3-104 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. | | | 24| | | | arsid6099188 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2775 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Student | | | 2|Fund of the State Treasury created in Enrolled House Bill No. 1935 | | | 3|enacted by the 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature from any | | | 4|monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue Fund of | | | 5|the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the sum | | | 6|of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) to be distributed | | | 7|to public school districts in the state based on the weighted | | | 8|average daily membership of the preceding school year for the school | | | 9|district to be utilized as provided in this section, but in no event | | | 10|shall any district receive more than Two Million Dollars | | | 11|($2,000,000.00). The appropriated monies may only be used for the | | | 12|following expenditures: | | | 13| 1. Teacher and support staff salaries, not including salaries | | | 14|of administrators; | | | 15| 2. Programs and facilities related to instruction in science, | | | 16|technology, engineering, and mathematics; | | | 17| 3. Textbooks, curriculum, or other instructional materials | | | 18|including, but not limited to, supplemental materials or associated | | | 19|online instruction applications or materials; | | | 20| 4. Computer hardware or other technological devices, | | | 21|educational software, and applications that are used to meet | | | 22|curriculum needs and bolster academic outcomes of students; | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid6099188 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2775 Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 5. Increasing classroom capacity and additional institutional | | | 2|space for academic instruction if the school is at full academic | | | 3|capacity; | | | 4| 6. Instruments, supplies, accessories, and materials that | | | 5|provide instruction in drama, music, speech and debate, agriculture, | | | 6|or other similar activities; | | | 7| 7. Fees for nationally standardized assessments including, but | | | 8|not limited to, assessments used to determine college admission and | | | 9|advanced placement examinations as well as tuition and fees for | | | 10|tutoring, remediation, or preparatory courses for the assessments; | | | 11| 8. Summer education programs and specialized after-school | | | 12|education programs; provided, however, that such expense shall not | | | 13|include before-school or after-school child care; | | | 14| 9. Student support services, including only health, | | | 15|psychological, guidance, therapy, and attendance services; and | | | 16| 10. Tuition and fees for concurrent enrollment at an | | | 17|institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education | | | 18|only for amounts that are not paid by the Oklahoma State Regents for | | | 19|Higher Education. | | | 20| SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be | | | 21|codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: | | | 22| A. For the purposes of funds appropriated pursuant to Sections | | | 23|1, 2, and 3 of this act, the Oklahoma School for the Blind and the | | | 24|Oklahoma School for the Deaf shall be considered public schools and | | | arsid6099188 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2775 Page 4 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|public school districts that are eligible to receive the funds | | | 2|appropriated in Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this act. | | | 3| B. Persons employed as active classroom teachers by the | | | 4|Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf | | | 5|shall receive a salary increase, in the amount of Two Thousand Five | | | 6|Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per active classroom teacher for the | | | 7|2023-2024 school year. If a person employed as an active classroom | | | 8|teacher by the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School | | | 9|for the Deaf during the 2022-2023 school year was receiving a salary | | | 10|greater than the step level indicated by the state or local Minimum | | | 11|Salary Schedule for the 2022-2023 school year, the person shall | | | 12|receive a salary increase in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred | | | 13|Dollars ($2,500.00) greater than his or her salary for the 2022-2023 | | | 14|school year, provided the person remains employed by the Oklahoma | | | 15|School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf and the | | | 16|hours or duties of the person are not reduced. | | | 17| C. Persons employed as classroom instructional employees of | | | 18|technology center school districts supervised by the State Board of | | | 19|Career and Technology Education shall receive a salary increase, in | | | 20|the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per | | | 21|classroom instructional employee for the 2023-2024 school year. If | | | 22|a person employed as a classroom instructional employee by a | | | 23|technology center school district during the 2022-2023 school year | | | 24|was receiving a salary greater than the step level indicated by the | | | arsid6099188 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2775 Page 5 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|state or local Minimum Salary Schedule for the 2022-2023 school | | | 2|year, the person shall receive a salary increase in the amount of | | | 3|Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) greater than his or | | | 4|her salary for the 2022-2023 school year, provided the person | | | 5|remains employed by the same technology center school district and | | | 6|the hours or duties of the person are not reduced. | | | 7| D. Persons employed as Correctional Teachers or Vocational | | | 8|Instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section | | | 9|510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or persons employed as | | | 10|teachers by the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall receive a salary | | | 11|increase, in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars | | | 12|($2,500.00) per person for the 2023-2024 school year. If a person | | | 13|employed as provided in this subsection during the 2022-2023 school | | | 14|year was receiving a salary greater than the step level indicated by | | | 15|the state or local Minimum Salary Schedule for the 2022-2023 school | | | 16|year, the person shall receive a salary increase in the amount of | | | 17|Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) greater than his or | | | 18|her salary for the 2022-2023 school year, provided the person | | | 19|remains employed by the Department of Corrections or the Office of | | | 20|Juvenile Affairs and the hours or duties of the person are not | | | 21|reduced. | | | 22| E. The funds appropriated pursuant to Sections 1, 2, and 3 of | | | 23|this act shall be included in any calculation of per-pupil | | | 24| | | | arsid6099188 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2775 Page 6 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|expenditure as defined in Section 1-124 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma | | | 2|Statutes. | | | 3| SECTION 5. The provisions of this act shall not be severable, | | | 4|and if any provision of this act or the application thereof to any | | | 5|person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall | | | 6|invalidate the other provisions or applications of this act. | | | 7| SECTION 6. The provisions of this act shall be contingent upon | | | 8|the enactment of Enrolled House Bill No. 1935 of the 1st Session of | | | 9|the 59th Oklahoma Legislature. | | | 10| SECTION 7. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 11| SECTION 8. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 12|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 13|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 14|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 15| Passed the House of Representatives the 22nd day of February, | |2023. | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| Presiding Officer of the House | | of Representatives | 19| | | | 20| Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023. | | | 21| | | | 22| | | Presiding Officer of the Senate | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid6099188 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2775 Page 7