HB 2513 Summary

• Allocates $1,121,756 for scholarships to Great Expectations Summer Institutes for Teachers through Oklahoma's higher education system.

• Provides $663,785 to expand the Oklahoma A+ Schools Art Program in elementary schools.

• Appropriates $16,335,000 for statewide alternative education programs, including funding for program evaluation, technical assistance, arts components, and truancy diversion.

• Transfers $12,355,000 to the Oklahoma National Board Certification Revolving Fund for annual teacher bonuses.

• Transfers $3,775,000 to the Oklahoma School Psychologist, Speech-Language Pathologist, and Audiologist National Certification Revolving Fund for annual bonuses; becomes effective July 1, 2012.