HB 1104 Summary

• Appropriates funds to the State Board of Education from multiple sources (General Revenue Fund, Education Reform Revolving Fund, Mineral Leasing Fund, Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund) for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, with specific allocations shown as $0.00 pending final budget determination.

• Allocates appropriated funds to various education programs including certified and support staff health benefits, teachers' retirement credit, staff development, textbooks, alternative education, early intervention services, and school lunch programs.

• Requires the State Board to budget all funds within specified categories (payroll, professional services contracts, equipment purchase, lease-purchase agreements, and federal funds) with full-time-equivalent employee limits set at 0.0.

• Permits agencies to budget appropriations for either fiscal year 2010 or 2011, with strict encumbrance deadlines (June 30 of respective year) and expiration dates (November 15 following each year).

• Declares an emergency effective upon passage and approval, with the act's regular effective date set for July 1, 2009.