1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 16 By: Bullard | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; directing the State Board | | of Education to establish certain pilot program to | 8| provide grants for certain purpose; providing for use | | of grants; directing the Board to establish certain | 9| criteria for awarding grants; providing for grant | | application; requiring school districts with certain | 10| average daily membership to be included in pilot | | program; requiring pilot program grant recipients to | 11| submit certain report; providing for contents of | | report; providing for codification; providing an | 12| effective date; and declaring an emergency. | | | 13| | | | 14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 15| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 16|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-126 of Title 70, unless there | | | 17|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 18| A. The State Board of Education shall establish a two-year | | | 19|pilot program to provide grants to public school districts to | | | 20|provide child care for children of school district employees. A | | | 21|grant may be used to: | | | 22| 1. Establish an on-site child care facility licensed pursuant | | | 23|to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act for children of | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 23 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|school district employees that is located on school district | | | 2|property; | | | 3| 2. Contract with a child care facility licensed pursuant to the | | | 4|Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act to provide child care | | | 5|for school district employees; or | | | 6| 3. Provide school district employees with stipends to help | | | 7|cover a portion of child care-related expenses for children of | | | 8|school district employees. | | | 9| B. The State Board of Education shall establish criteria for | | | 10|awarding grants which shall include but not be limited to the | | | 11|following factors: | | | 12| 1. The availability of licensed child care facilities in the | | | 13|school district; and | | | 14| 2. The need for child care resources among school district | | | 15|employees. | | | 16| C. A public school district seeking to participate in the pilot | | | 17|program shall apply to the State Board of Education for a grant in | | | 18|the manner and on a form prescribed by the Board. | | | 19| D. The State Board of Education shall ensure that pilot program | | | 20|grants are given to a representative sample of Oklahoma school | | | 21|districts, which shall include: | | | 22| 1. A school district with an average daily membership (ADM) of | | | 23|more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) students but less than | | | 24|ten thousand (10,000) students; | | | Req. No. 23 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 2. A school district with an ADM of two thousand five hundred | | | 2|(2,500) students or less; and | | | 3| 3. A school district with an ADM of one thousand (1,000) | | | 4|students or less. | | | 5| E. Two (2) years after implementation of the pilot program, | | | 6|school districts that receive pilot program grants pursuant to this | | | 7|section shall provide a report to the State Board of Education that | | | 8|includes an itemized accounting of how grant funds were spent, an | | | 9|evaluation of the program by school district employees who were | | | 10|provided child care through the grant program, and recommendations, | | | 11|if any, for future program operations. | | | 12| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 13| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 14|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 15|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 16|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 17| | | | 18| 59-1-23 EB 12/7/2022 5:34:46 PM | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 23 Page 3