1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 265 By: Garvin | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; directing certain school | | districts to receive certain grant beginning in | 8| certain school year subject to availability of | | funding; defining term; exempting districts that | 9| receive grants from certain penalties; directing | | applications for grants to be submitted to the State | 10| Department of Education; providing for distribution | | of grants if funds are insufficient to provide grants | 11| to all applicants; providing for promulgation of | | rules; providing for codification; providing an | 12| effective date; and declaring an emergency. | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 16| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 17|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-113.6 of Title 70, unless | | | 18|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 19| A. Subject to the availability of funding, beginning with the | | | 20|2023-2024 school year, if the number of students enrolled in a | | | 21|single grade level in a school district exceeds the class size | | | 22|limits set forth in Section 18-113.1, 18-113.2, or 18-113.3 of Title | | | 23|70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the school district shall receive a | | | 24|grant to employ a teacher's assistant in an amount equal to the | | | Req. No. 624 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|average salary of a teacher's assistant, as determined by the State | | | 2|Department of Education. For the purposes of this section, | | | 3|"teacher's assistant" shall have the same meaning as provided for in | | | 4|Section 6-127 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. | | | 5| B. A school district that receives a grant pursuant to this | | | 6|section shall not be subject to the penalties for exceeding the | | | 7|class size limits set forth in Section 18-113.1, 18-113.2, or | | | 8|18-113.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. | | | 9| C. Application for a grant authorized by subsection A of this | | | 10|section shall be submitted to the State Department of Education on a | | | 11|form and in a manner prescribed by the Department. If funds are | | | 12|insufficient to provide grants to all eligible applicants, available | | | 13|funds shall be distributed on a pro rata basis. | | | 14| D. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to | | | 15|implement the provisions of this section. | | | 16| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 17| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 18|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 19|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 20|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 21| | | | 22| 59-1-624 EB 1/10/2023 6:33:47 PM | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 624 Page 2