School district boards of education; increasing stipend amount for certain board of education members. Effective date.

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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 63 By: Goodwin of the Senate

and

Johns of the House

An Act relating to school district boards of
education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-118, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 4, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S.
Supp. 2025, Section 5-118), which relates to board of
education meetings; removing language allowing
certain stipend only for boards of education of
certain size school districts; providing range of
stipend amount for certain board of education
members; updating statutory language; updating
statutory reference; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-118, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 4, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 5-118), is amended to read as follows:
Section 5-118. A. Regular meetings of the board of education
of each school district shall be held upon the first Monday of each
month, or upon such day as may be fixed by the board. Special
meetings may be held from time to time as circumstances may demand.
B. All meetings of the boards of education shall be public
meetings, and in all such meetings the vote of each member must
shall be publicly cast and recorded. Executive sessions will shall
be permitted only for the purpose of discussing the employment,

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hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or
resignations of any or all of the employees or volunteers of the
school district, and for the purpose of discussing negotiations
concerning employees and representatives of employee groups, and for
the purpose of hearing evidence and discussing the expulsion or
suspension of a student or students only when requested by the
student involved or his or her parent, attorney, or legal guardian;
provided, however, that any vote or action thereon must shall be
taken in a public meeting with the vote of each member publicly cast
and recorded. It is required that the The board of education shall
provide notice to the student, his or her parent, attorney, or legal
guardian that said the student is entitled to an executive session
regarding the discussion of his or her expulsion or suspension of
said student.
C. Any action taken in violation of the provisions of this act
Section 5-101 et seq. of this title shall be invalid.
D. Each member of the board of education of a school district
with an average daily attendance exceeding fifteen thousand (15,000)
or a school district where boundaries encompass a total population
exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) persons according to the
last preceding Federal Decennial Census may be paid from the
district’s general fund a stipend of from Twenty-five Dollars
($25.00) up to One Hundred Ninety Dollars ($190.00) for each
regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the board of education

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that he or she attends, but not for more than four meetings in any
calendar month.
E. 1. Unless otherwise provided by law, a board of education
may submit an Affidavit of Board Action to the State Department of
Education in lieu of approved board minutes to provide proof of an
action approved or taken at a board meeting. Such affidavit shall
be signed and sworn by the applicable personnel as provided in
paragraph 2 of this subsection. The State Department of Education
shall accept a signed Affidavit of Board Action as certification
that the district board has approved or taken a specific action at a
board meeting. Nothing in this subsection shall exempt a board of
education from keeping minutes of a meeting in accordance with
Section 312 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
2. The Affidavit of Board Action described in paragraph 1 of
this subsection shall include:
a. the county or district code,
b. the name of the school district,
c. the date of the board meeting,
d. the agenda item number approved,
e. a summary of the action approved,
f. an affirming signature representing the district from
the district superintendent or the assistant
superintendent, and

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g. an affirming signature representing the district board
from the board president or chair, or from a board
officer.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
Passed the Senate the 24th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives