1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 109 By: Thompson (Kristen) | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; prohibiting a school | | district board of education from including on a | 8| consent agenda expenditures exceeding certain amount; | | requiring separate votes on expenditures exceeding | 9| certain amount; requiring public comment on certain | | items; providing for codification; providing an | 10| effective date; and declaring an emergency. | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 14| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 15|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-123.1 of Title 70, unless | | | 16|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 17| A. No school district board of education shall include on its | | | 18|consent agenda expenditures exceeding Twenty-five Thousand Dollars | | | 19|($25,000.00). Each expenditure exceeding Twenty-five Thousand | | | 20|Dollars ($25,000.00) shall be voted on separately during a board of | | | 21|education meeting. | | | 22| B. Each school district board of education shall provide for | | | 23|public comment, subject to reasonable time limitations, on each | | | 24|expenditure item on the board of education's agenda that proposes | | | Req. No. 689 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|the expenditure of more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars | | | 2|($25,000.00). | | | 3| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 4| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 5|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 6|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 7|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 8| | | | 9| 59-1-689 EB 1/3/2023 3:42:50 PM | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 689 Page 2