1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 3261 By: Hildebrant | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; requiring the State | | Department of Education to create and manage a | 8| database of all school support employees; providing | | database content requirements; requiring school | 9| districts to submit to the Department certain | | information on employed support personnel; mandating | 10| school district updates; providing for codification; | | providing an effective date; and declaring an | 11| emergency. | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 17| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 18|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-103.16 of Title 70, unless | | | 19|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 20| A. The State Department of Education shall create and manage a | | | 21|database for registering all school support employees as defined in | | | 22|Section 1-116 of this title. The database may be administered | | | 23|within or integrated with existing educator certification or | | | 24|personnel tracking systems of the Department. | | | Req. No. 14433 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. For each school support employee, the database shall | | | 2|include: | | | 3| 1. The full legal name of the support employee; | | | 4| 2. The name of the employing school district and school site, | | | 5|including the employee's position or role; and | | | 6| 3. A unique, permanent identification number issued by the | | | 7|Department that shall be used to identify the support employee for | | | 8|employment verification and record continuity across school | | | 9|districts and other employment records maintained by the Department, | | | 10|and which shall not be reassigned or altered due to a change in | | | 11|employing school district or subsequent employment within the public | | | 12|education system of this state. | | | 13| C. Not later than October 1, 2026, each school district shall | | | 14|submit the information required in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection | | | 15|B of this section to the Department for all employed support | | | 16|personnel. | | | 17| D. Each school district shall update the Department with the | | | 18|information required in this act within thirty (30) days of a new | | | 19|support employee's employment and within thirty (30) days of a | | | 20|support employee's termination or other separation from employment. | | | 21| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026. | | | 22| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 23|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 14433 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 2|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 3| | | | 4| 60-2-14433 SW 01/13/26 | | | 5| | | | 6| | | | 7| | | | 8| | | | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 14433 Page 3