1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1478 By: Thompson (Roger)
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to school security; amending Section
7 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023,
8 Section 5-148.2), which relates to the School
8 Security Revolving Fund; subjecting certain annual
9 allocations to certain cap; directing statewide
9 virtual charter schools not be included in certain
10 calculation beginning on certain date; providing an
10 effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L.
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15 2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 5-148.2), is amended to read as
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16 follows:
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17 Section 5-148.2. A. There is hereby created in the State
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18 Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Education to
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19 be designated the “School Security Revolving Fund”. The fund shall
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20 be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and
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21 shall consist of all monies received by the State Department of
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22 Education from:
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23 1. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received from other
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24 state agencies and entities for school security;
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 1 2. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received from the
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2 United States government obligated to school security projects;
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3 3. Gifts, donations, and bequests; and
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4 4. Monies appropriated or apportioned by the Legislature.
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5 B. All monies accruing to the credit of the School Security
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6 Revolving Fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and
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7 expended by the State Department of Education for the purposes of:
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8 1. Establishing and maintaining a School Resource Officer
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9 Program; and
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10 2. Providing physical security enhancements for schools
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11 including, but not limited to, school resource officers, cameras,
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12 gates, lighting, locks, doors, windows, security geofencing, and
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13 ballistic storm shelters.
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14 Monies in the School Security Revolving Fund shall supplement and
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15 not supplant existing school security funding.
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16 C. Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall
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17 be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
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18 filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
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19 Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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20 Expenditures Annual school district allocations from the School
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21 Security Revolving Fund shall not exceed Fifty Million Dollars
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22 ($50,000,000.00) in any fiscal year and shall be divided equally
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23 among every public school district in the state.
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 1 D. Beginning July 1, 2024, statewide virtual charter schools
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2 shall not be included in the annual allocations provided for in
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3 subsection C of this section.
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4 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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5 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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6 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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7 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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8 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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