HB 2981 — Open meetings; school district boards of education; meeting minutes; website posting; time limit; accessibility requirements; accreditation; effective date.

HOUSEENGROSSED OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) HOUSE BILL 2981NO. By:

Banning2981 andBy: Deck of the House and Hamilton of the Senate 8 AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to open meetings;

Banning and Deck of the House and Hamilton of the Senate 6 8 An Act relating to open meetings;

requiring all school district boards of education to post meeting minutes on the their website;

Regular meetings of the board of education of each school district shall be held upon the first Monday of each HB2981month, HFLRor Pageupon 1such BOLDday FACEas denotesmay Committeebe Amendments.fixed by the board.

month, or upon such day as may be fixed by the board.

All meetings of the boards of education shall be public meetings, and in all such meetings the vote of each member must be publiclyENGR. cast and recorded.

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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 HB2981exceeding HFLRone Pagehundred 2thousand BOLD(100,000) FACEpersons denotesaccording Committeeto Amendments.the last preceding Federal Decennial Census may be paid from the district's general fund a stipend of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each regular, special or adjourned meeting of the board of ENGR.

exceedingH. 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) 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.

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Nothing in this subsection shall exempt a board of education from keeping minutes of a meeting in accordance with HB2981Section HFLR312 Pageof 3Title BOLD25 FACEof denotesthe CommitteeOklahoma Amendments.Statutes or posting minutes in accordance with subsection E of this section.

Section 312 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes or posting minutes in accordance with subsection E of this section.

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COMMITTEEPassed REPORTthe BY:House of Representatives the 9th day of March, 2026.

COMMITTEEPresiding ONOfficer JUDICIARYof ANDthe PUBLICHouse SAFETYof OVERSIGHT,Representatives datedPassed 02/26/2026the -Senate DOthe PASS,___ Asday Coauthored.of __________, 2026.

HB2981Presiding HFLROfficer Pageof 4the BOLDSenate FACEENGR. denotes Committee Amendments.

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