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HB3029 • 2026

Schools; requiring the State Board of Education to create a four-year plan to address Department programming needs; effective date.

Schools; requiring the State Board of Education to create a four-year plan to address Department programming needs; effective date.

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Sponsor
Kerbs
Last action
2026-04-23
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
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Schools; requiring the State Board of Education to create a four-year plan to address Department programming needs; effective date.

Schools; requiring the State Board of Education to create a four-year plan to address Department programming needs; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Schools; requiring the State Board of Education to create a four-year plan to address Department programming needs; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3029 (House): Introduced (2/6/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3029 (House): Sub Committee Recommendation (2/20/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3029 (House): Committee Substitute (3/10/2026)

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Plain English: Req.

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  • 16195 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3029 By: Kerbs SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to schools; requiring the State Department of Education to create a four-year plan to address Department programming needs; providing plan requirements; requiring annual plan submission to the Governor and Legislature; requiring the Department of Education to promulgate rules; and providing an effective date.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed

  3. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Education

  4. 2026-03-12 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  5. 2026-03-12 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2026-03-11 House

    General Order

  7. 2026-03-11 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Provenzano

  8. 2026-03-11 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 9

  9. 2026-03-11 House

    Referred for engrossment

  10. 2026-03-05 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee

  11. 2026-03-05 House

    Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)

  12. 2026-02-10 House

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

  13. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  14. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

  15. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  16. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Kerbs

Official Summary Text

Schools; requiring the State Board of Education to create a four-year plan to address Department programming needs; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3029 (House): Introduced (2/6/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3029 (House): Sub Committee Recommendation (2/20/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3029 (House): Committee Substitute (3/10/2026)

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3029 By: Kerbs and Provenzano of the
House

and

Pugh of the Senate

An Act relating to schools; requiring the State
Department of Education to create a four-year plan to
address Department programming needs; providing plan
requirements; requiring annual plan submission to the
Governor and Legislature; requiring the Department of
Education to promulgate rules; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-104.12 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Department of Education shall prepare and adopt a
comprehensive four-year plan for the purpose of addressing the State
Department of Education's programming needs and development. Such
plan shall be a continuous plan, reviewed and updated annually.
B. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:
1. A statement of the State Department of Education's long-term
goals and short-term objectives for current and future programs;

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2. A description of proposed new programs, including how such
programs would operate;
3. An analysis of cost implications and measurement criteria
for current program needs and future program development; and
4. Specific action plans, target dates, strategies, and methods
of implementation for achieving the identified goals and objectives.
C. Before December 1 of each year, the comprehensive four-year
plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma
House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate.
D. The State Department of Education shall promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective September 1, 2026.
Passed the House of Representatives the 11th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the _____ day of __________, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate