Schools; prohibiting minor children from being enrolled in school unless a parent or guardian fills out an application for free or reduced-price meals; opt out; effective date; emergency.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

HOUSE BILL 3032 By: Lowe

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; amending Section 1,
Chapter 255, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section
3-119.1), which relates to electronic applications
for free or reduced-price meals; eliminating
reference to optional applications; prohibiting minor
children from being enrolled in school unless a
parent or guardian fills out an application for free
or reduced-price meals; requiring school district to
provide applications during enrollment; allowing
parents or guardians to opt out of the free or
reduced-price meals programs; requiring the State
Department to ensure compliance with certain notice
mandates; requiring school districts to provide
parents and guardians notice of certain enrollment
essentials; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 255, O.S.L.
2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 3-119.1), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 3-119.1. A. The State Department of Education shall
make available to school districts an optional electronic universal
application for free or reduced-price meals under the National
School Lunch Act. The application shall at a minimum:

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1. Enable parents and legal guardians to complete and
electronically submit applications for free and reduced-price meals
to the school districts in which their students are enrolled
enrolling;
2. Facilitate school districts in collecting and electronically
submitting free and reduced-price meal applications to the State
Department of Education; and
3. Allow for secure transmission of data necessary for
eligibility and enrollment determinations for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program.
B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
require school districts, parents, or legal guardians to use the
electronic universal application provided for in subsection A of
this section No minor child shall be admitted to any public school
operating in this state unless and until an application for free or
reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Act is completed
by the child's parent or legal guardian and returned to the
applicable school district. Applications required by this
subsection shall be provided by the school district to each child's
parent or legal guardian during enrollment or re-enrollment. In
lieu of an application for free or reduced-price meals, a child's
parent or legal guardian may complete a form prescribed by the State
Department of Education and provided by the school district to opt

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out of the application requirements of this subsection and
participation in the free or reduced-price meals programs.
C. The State Department of Education shall ensure that each
school district in this state provides, on the school district
website and in any notice or publication prepared for parents
regarding free or reduced-price meals, the following information
regarding requirements for school attendance: "For school
enrollment each year, a parent or legal guardian shall provide one
of the following:
1. A completed application for free or reduced-price meals; or
2. A completed and signed free or reduced-price meals program
opt out form".
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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