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Oklahoma Legislature· SB 1251Coauthored by Representative Lowe (Dick) (principal House author)

An act relating to schools, the official text

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1                    STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

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3 SENATE BILL 1251               By: Jech

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6                    AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to schools; amending Section 2,

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

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

8   5-148.2), which relates to the School Security

9   Revolving Fund; expanding use of fund; removing

9   expenditure limitation; requiring certain amount of

10  funds to be allocated from the fund each fiscal year

10  for three fiscal years beginning on certain date,

11  subject to available funding; providing an effective

11  date; and declaring an emergency.

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1 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

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

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1 6 2023, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 408, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S.

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1 7 Supp. 2025, Section 5-148.2), is amended to read as follows:

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

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1 9 Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Education to

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2 0 be designated the "School Security Revolving Fund". The fund shall

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2 1 be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and

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2 2 shall consist of all monies received by the State Department of

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2 3 Education from:

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

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2 state agencies and entities for school security;

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

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4 United States government obligated to school security projects;

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5   3. Gifts, donations, and bequests; and

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6   4. Monies appropriated or apportioned by the Legislature.

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

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8 Revolving Fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

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

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10  1. Establishing and maintaining a School Resource Officer

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1 1 Program; and

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12  2. Providing physical security enhancements for schools

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1 3 including, but not limited to, school resource officers, cameras,

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1 4 gates, lighting, locks, doors, windows, security geofencing,

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1 5 ballistic storm shelters, and mobile panic alert systems; and

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16  3. Contracting with a licensed mental health professional to

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1 7 provide counseling and social services to students.

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18  Monies in the School Security Revolving Fund shall supplement

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1 9 and not supplant existing school security funding.

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20  C. Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall

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2 1 be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

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2 2 filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

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2 3 Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

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2 4 Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall not

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

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2 ($50,000,000.00) in any fiscal year and shall be allocated from the

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3 School Security Revolving Fund and divided equally among every

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

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

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

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7   SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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8 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby

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9 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and

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