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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1781 By: Grellner
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; creating the Federal
Education Deregulation Task Force to study and make
recommendations regarding federal education funding
sources and state and local use of federal funds;
providing expiration date; providing for membership;
requiring appointments by certain date; requiring
organizational meeting by certain date; providing for
frequency of meetings; providing for election of
chair, vice chair, and secretary; specifying quorum;
providing for removal of members; providing for staff
support; providing for duties of task force;
prohibiting compensation or travel reimbursement for
members; requiring electronic submission of certain
report by certain date; requiring the report to be
posted on certain website; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
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 1-130 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created until December 1, 2026, the Federal
Education Deregulation Task Force to study and make recommendations
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regarding federal education funding sources and state and local use
of federal funds.
B. The task force shall be comprised of seven (7) members as
follows:
1. Three members of the Senate including:
a. the chair of the Senate Education Committee or his or
her designee, and
b. two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate;
2. Three members of the House of Representatives including:
a. the chair of the House Education Oversight Committee
or his or her designee, and
b. two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; and
3. One member appointed by the Governor, who shall be a
certified teacher.
C. Appointments to the task force shall be made within thirty
(30) days after the effective date of this act. The task force
shall conduct an organizational meeting no later than forty (40)
days after the effective date of this act. The task force may meet
as often as may be required to perform the duties imposed upon it.
D. The task force shall elect a chair, vice chair, and
secretary from among its members.
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1. The chair shall preside over all meetings, assign aspects of
the task force’s work to members, and ensure timely compliance with
the provisions of this act.
2. The vice chair shall fulfill the duties of the chair in his
or her absence.
3. The secretary shall be responsible for notifying task force
members of the date, time, and location of task force meetings,
securing meeting space, keeping meeting attendance records, taking
minutes of task force meetings, and compiling and disseminating the
report required by subsection K of this section.
E. A quorum of the task force shall be required to approve any
final action of the task force. For purposes of this section, four
members shall constitute a quorum.
F. A member of the task force may be removed by a vote of five
members and replaced by a member appointed by a majority vote of the
task force.
G. The State Department of Education and the public school
districts in this state shall provide staff support for the task
force.
H. The task force shall investigate and identify:
1. a. all federal funding received by public school
districts in this state, specifying for each district
the amount of funds, the federal program under which
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the funds were allocated, their prescribed use, and
any associated funding conditions or requirements,
b. all federal funding received by the State Department
of Education, specifying the amount of funds, the
federal program under which the funds were allocated,
their prescribed use, and any associated funding
conditions or requirements,
c. all funding received from the United States Department
of Education by any state or local agency or any
nonprofit organization, specifying for each agency or
organization the amount of funds, the federal program
under which the funds were allocated, their prescribed
use, and any associated funding conditions or
requirements, and
d. any and all federal statutory and regulatory
requirements, policies, interpretations, funding
conditions and requirements, directives, or guidance
from the United States Department of Education that is
applicable to this state.
2. The information identified pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
subsection shall include:
a. the name of the program or grant associated with any
maintenance of effort agreements, memorandum of
understanding agreements, contracts, or consent
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decrees with any federal agency; any associated start
and completion dates; and corresponding System for
Award Management grant numbers,
b. identification of any federal, state, or local funds
used to implement multi-tiered systems of support as
required by federal law including third-party
partnerships, collaboration agreements, contracts, or
memorandum of understanding agreements, and
c. identification of any federal, state, or local funds
including Medicaid funding used to support health care
services, mental health services, assessments,
screenings, and child care services in or through
public school districts in this state.
I. For each identification made pursuant to subsection H of
this section, the task force shall consider the following:
1. Whether and to what extent the identified item has a
measurable, demonstrated, beneficial impact on the performance of
students, the high school graduation rate, student success in and
completion of postsecondary education, and long-term career success;
2. Whether the identified item prepares students for a high-
skill industry sector or occupation, a high-wage sector or
occupation, an in-demand industry sector or occupation, or other
careers eligible under federal workforce programs such as the
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006;
3. How the identified item complies with school district, state
or local agency, or State Department of Education strategic plans;
4. Any specific state statutory or judicial authorization
related to the identified item and any changes in existing state
policies or procedures that would be necessary if the identified
item were eliminated at the federal level;
5. Whether the identified item conflicts with any statutory or
administrative policies of this state;
6. The number of federally funded full- and part-time positions
necessary to carry out the identified item;
7. A description of all resources and obligations related to
the identified item;
8. Whether the identified item should be replaced at the state
level if it is eliminated at the federal level, taking into
consideration the costs and benefits of the identified item; and
9. Any recommended mechanisms for state-level replacement of
identified items at the federal level.
J. Members of the task force shall receive no compensation or
travel reimbursement.
K. The task force shall electronically submit a report of its
findings and recommendations by December 1, 2026, to the Governor,
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
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House of Representatives. The report shall be posted on the
Legislature’s website in a manner and location that is easily
accessible to the public.
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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