1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) |
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3|SENATE BILL 1251 By: Jech |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to schools; amending Section 2, |
| Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 2, |
8| Chapter 408, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section |
| 5-148.2), which relates to the School Security |
9| Revolving Fund; expanding use of fund; removing |
| expenditure limitation; requiring certain amount of |
10| funds to be allocated from the fund each fiscal year |
| for three fiscal years beginning on certain date, |
11| subject to available funding; 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 Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L. |
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16|2023, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 408, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. |
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17|Supp. 2025, Section 5-148.2), is amended to read as follows: |
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18| Section 5-148.2. A. There is hereby created in the State |
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19|Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Education to |
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20|be designated the "School Security Revolving Fund". The fund shall |
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21|be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and |
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22|shall consist of all monies received by the State Department of |
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23|Education from: |
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1| 1. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received from other |
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2|state agencies and entities for school security; |
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3| 2. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received from the |
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4|United States government obligated to school security projects; |
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5| 3. Gifts, donations, and bequests; and |
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6| 4. Monies appropriated or apportioned by the Legislature. |
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7| B. All monies accruing to the credit of the School Security |
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8|Revolving Fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and |
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9|expended by the State Department of Education for the purposes of: |
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10| 1. Establishing and maintaining a School Resource Officer |
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11|Program; and |
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12| 2. Providing physical security enhancements for schools |
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13|including, but not limited to, school resource officers, cameras, |
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14|gates, lighting, locks, doors, windows, security geofencing, |
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15|ballistic storm shelters, and mobile panic alert systems; and |
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16| 3. Contracting with a licensed mental health professional to |
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17|provide counseling and social services to students. |
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18| Monies in the School Security Revolving Fund shall supplement |
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19|and not supplant existing school security funding. |
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20| C. Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall |
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21|be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims |
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22|filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of |
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23|Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. |
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24|Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall not |
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1|exceed Subject to the availability of funding, Fifty Million Dollars |
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2|($50,000,000.00) in any fiscal year and shall be allocated from the |
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3|School Security Revolving Fund and divided equally among every |
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4|public school district in the this state each fiscal year for three |
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5|(3) fiscal years beginning July 1, 2026. |
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6| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026. |
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7| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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8|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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9|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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10|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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