An act relating to schools, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3029            By: Kerbs

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to schools; requiring the State Board

    of Education to create a four-year plan to address

8   Department programming needs; providing plan

    requirements; requiring annual plan submission to the

9   Governor and Legislature; requiring the Department of

    Education to promulgate rules; and providing an

10  effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-104.12 of Title 70, unless

16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

17  A. The State Board of Education shall prepare and adopt a

18 comprehensive four-year plan for the purpose of addressing the State

19 Department of Education's programing needs and development. Such

20 plan shall be a continuous plan, reviewed and updated annually.

21  B. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:

22  1. A statement of the State Board of Education's long-term

23 goals and short-term objectives for current and future programs;

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1   2. A description of proposed new programs, including how such

2 programs would operate;

3   3. An analysis of cost implications and measurement criteria

4 for current program needs and future program development; and

5   4. Specific action plans, target dates, strategies, and methods

6 of implementation for achieving the identified goals and objectives.

7   C. Before December 1 of each year, the comprehensive four-year

8 plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma

9 House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the

10 Oklahoma State Senate.

11  D. The State Department of Education shall promulgate rules to

12 implement the provisions of this act.

13  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective September 1, 2026.

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