1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 863 By: Bullard | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to education funding; directing the | | State Department of Education to develop certain plan | 8| regarding funds provided by the federal government; | | requiring submission of report by certain date; | 9| providing for codification; providing an effective | | date; and declaring an emergency. | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 13| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 14|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-104.1 of Title 70, unless | | | 15|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 16| A. The State Department of Education shall develop a ten-year | | | 17|plan to phase out the acceptance and use of funds provided by the | | | 18|federal government for the support of pre-kindergarten through | | | 19|twelfth grade education in this state. The plan shall include a | | | 20|proposed timeline for phasing out acceptance and use of federal | | | 21|funds and the projected need for state funds to replace the federal | | | 22|funds. | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 22 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. The plan required by subsection A of this section shall be | | | 2|submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of | | | 3|the House of Representatives, and the Governor by June 30, 2024. | | | 4| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 5| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 6|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 7|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 8|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 9| | | | 10| 59-1-22 EB 1/19/2023 11:39:12 AM | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 22 Page 2