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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 4148 By: Hasenbeck
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to schools; creating the Oklahoma
Kids After-School Grant Program (OKAGP); locating the
8 program at the Department of Human Services;
providing parameters on entities eligible to apply;
9 citing certain exemptions; authorizing the
promulgation of rules; creating the Oklahoma Kids
10 After-School Grant Program Revolving Fund;
establishing revolving fund characteristics;
11 declaring funds appropriated; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
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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 10001 of Title 70, unless there
18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
19 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Kids
20 After-School Grant Program (OKAGP)".
21 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 10002 of Title 70, unless there
23 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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1 A. There is hereby created at the Department of Human Services
2 the Oklahoma Kids After-School Grant Program (OKAGP). This grant
3 program shall be for community-based organizations that run after-
4 school programs for children grades kindergarten through twelve. To
5 qualify for the grant program, after-school programs that offer
6 reading assistance or tutoring shall be based in the science of
7 reading which includes providing explicit and systematic instruction
8 in phonological awareness, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and
9 comprehension.
10 B. The community-based organizations described in subsection A
11 of this section may qualify for an exemption from the Oklahoma Child
12 Care Facilities Licensing Act based on the listed exemptions found
13 in Section 403 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes. These entities
14 shall operate, either themselves or through an alliance, a minimum
15 of five (5) locations in Oklahoma.
16 C. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules to
17 implement this grant program.
18 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 10003 of Title 70, unless there
20 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
21 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
22 for the Department of Human Services to be designated the "Oklahoma
23 Kids After-School Grant Program Revolving Fund". The fund shall be
24 a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
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1 consist of all monies received by the Department of Human Services
2 from appropriations or donations. All monies accruing to the credit
3 of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and
4 expended by the Department for the purpose of awarding grants under
5 the Oklahoma Kids After-School Grant Program. Expenditures from
6 said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer
7 against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the
8 Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
9 payment.
10 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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