OK SB1129

$500,000 allocated to provide grants to Oklahoma school districts for creating cellphone-free educational environments, distributed on a first-come, first-served basis

Eligibility requires school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting student cell phone and personal electronic device use on campus "bell to bell" for three school years, starting 2025-2026

Grant funds must be used during the 2025-2026 school year to purchase storage devices or equipment for students to secure phones during school hours

Office of Educational Quality and Accountability may negotiate state-rate vendor contracts with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, though districts are not required to use contracted vendors

Grant recipients must submit electronic reports detailing how funds were spent; effective date July 1, 2025, with emergency clause for immediate effect upon passage