SB 63 — School district boards of education; increasing stipend amount for certain board of education members. Effective date.

SENATEENGROSSED FLOOR VERSION February 19, 2025 AS AMENDED SENATE BILL NO.

Goodwin of the Senate and FugateJohns of the House 75 [An Act relating to school district boards of educationeducation; - meetings – stipend amount - effective date ] 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

amending 70 O.S.

2021, Section 5-118, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 4, O.S.L.

2025 (70 O.S.

Supp.

2025, Section 5-118), which relates to board of education meetings;

removing language allowing certain stipend only for boards of education of certain size school districts;

providing range of stipend amount for certain board of education members;

updating statutory language;

updating statutory reference;

and providing an effective date.

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

2021, Section 5-118, isas amended toby readSection as1, follows:Chapter 4, O.S.L.

2025 (70 O.S.

Supp.

2025, Section 5-118), is amended to read as follows:

A.

B.

Executive sessions will shall be permitted only for the purpose of discussing the employment, hiring,ENGR. appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or resignations of any or all of the employees or volunteers of the school district, and for the purpose of discussing negotiations concerning employees and representatives of employee groups, and for SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB63 SFLR Page 1 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) the purpose of hearing evidence and discussing the expulsion or suspension of a student or students only when requested by the student involved or his or her parent, attorney, or legal guardian;

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B.

NO.

63 Page 1 hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or resignations of any or all of the employees or volunteers of the school district, and for the purpose of discussing negotiations concerning employees and representatives of employee groups, and for the purpose of hearing evidence and discussing the expulsion or suspension of a student or students only when requested by the student involved or his or her parent, attorney, or legal guardian;

C.

EachD. member of the board of education of a school district with an average daily attendance exceeding fifteen thousand (15,000) or a school district where boundaries encompass a total population exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) persons according to the last preceding Federal Decennial Census may be paid from the district’s general fund a stipend of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) One Hundred Ninety Dollars ($190.00) for each regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the board of education that he or she attends, but not for more than four meetings in any calendar month.

Each member of the board of education of a school district with an average daily attendance exceeding fifteen thousand (15,000) or a school district where boundaries encompass a total population exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) persons according to the last preceding Federal Decennial Census may be paid from the district’s general fund a stipend of from Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) up to One Hundred Ninety Dollars ($190.00) for each regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the board of education ENGR.

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B.

NO.

63 Page 2 that he or she attends, but not for more than four meetings in any calendar month.

E.

1.

Unless otherwise provided by law, a board of education may submit an Affidavit of Board Action to the State Department of Education in lieu of approved board minutes to provide proof of an action approved or taken at a board meeting.

Such affidavit shall be signed and sworn by the applicable personnel as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

The State Department of Education shall accept a signed Affidavit of Board Action as certification that the district board has approved or taken a specific action at a board meeting.

Nothing in this subsection shall exempt a board of education from keeping minutes of a meeting in accordance with Section 312 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

2.

The Affidavit of Board Action described in paragraph 1 of this subsection shall include:

a.