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OK HB2644
Bill
Status
3/7/2012
Primary Sponsor
Gus Blackwell
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AI Summary
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Requires school districts to report financial transactions using the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System with costs categorized by curricular subject area.
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Establishes penalties for non-compliance with the accounting system, reducing State Aid payments incrementally from 1% to 8% if districts fail to implement the system.
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Mandates the State Department of Education to make school district expenditure data publicly available on its website in downloadable, searchable format within 120 days of district submission.
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Requires the Department to certify by December 1 annually that all school districts comply with the School District Transparency Act and related taxpayer transparency requirements before distributing State Aid funds.
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Includes financial penalties against the Department itself if it fails to post required data on time, with withholdings ranging from 1% to 8% of the Department's administrative funding for each month of non-compliance; effective July 1, 2012.
Legislative Description
Schools; requiring the State Department of Education to certify compliance with certain laws prior to allocating State Aid payments; effective date; emergency.
Education - Common
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee
3/15/2012