An act relating to schools, the official text

1                       STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

3 SENATE BILL NO. 1189          By: Pugh

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6                       AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to schools; amending Section 2,

8   Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 2,

9   Chapter 408, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section

10  5-148.2), which relates to the School Security

11  Revolving Fund; removing expenditure limitation;

12  requiring certain amount of funds to be allocated

13  from the fund each fiscal year for three fiscal years

14  beginning on certain date, subject to available

15  funding; providing an effective date; and declaring

16  an emergency.

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

20  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY  Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L.

21 2023, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 408, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S.

22 Supp. 2025, Section 5-148.2), is amended to read as follows:

23  Section 5-148.2. A. There is hereby created in the State

24 Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Education to

25 be designated the "School Security Revolving Fund". The fund shall

26 be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and

27 shall consist of all monies received by the State Department of

28 Education from:

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1   1. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received from other

2 state agencies and entities for school security;

3   2. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received from the

4 United States government obligated to school security projects;

5   3. Gifts, donations, and bequests; and

6   4. Monies appropriated or apportioned by the Legislature.

7   B. All monies accruing to the credit of the School Security

8 Revolving Fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

9 expended by the State Department of Education for the purposes of:

10  1. Establishing and maintaining a School Resource Officer

11 Program; and

12  2. Providing physical security enhancements for schools

13 including, but not limited to, school resource officers, cameras,

14 gates, lighting, locks, doors, windows, security geofencing,

15 ballistic storm shelters, and mobile panic alert systems.

16  Monies in the School Security Revolving Fund shall supplement

17 and not supplant existing school security funding.

18  C. Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall

19 be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

20 filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

21 Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

22 Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall not

23 exceed Subject to the availability of funding, Fifty Million Dollars

24 ($50,000,000.00) in any fiscal year and shall be allocated from the

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1 School Security Revolving Fund and divided equally among every

2 public school district in the this state each fiscal year for three

3 (3) fiscal years beginning July 1, 2026.

4  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.

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  60-2-2252      EB  10/07/2025

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