All Roll Calls
Yes: 107 • No: 9
OklahomaHB 1958Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Schools; meetings of district boards of education; allowing board to submit an affidavit in lieu of meeting minutes in certain circumstances; effective date.
Sponsored By: Clay Staires (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Small meeting stipends for board members
If a district has over 15,000 average daily attendance or a population over 100,000, each board member can get $25 per meeting. Pay covers regular, special, or adjourned meetings, up to four meetings in a calendar month. Payment comes from the district’s general fund. This pay starts November 1, 2025.
Stronger open-meeting rules for school boards
School boards must hold regular monthly meetings on the first Monday or another set day, and can call special meetings as needed. Meetings are public, and each member’s vote is cast and recorded in public. Executive sessions are limited to certain employee matters and student discipline, and a student or parent must request a closed session for expulsion or suspension. Any final vote must happen in public, and the board must tell the student or parent that an executive session is an option. Actions taken in violation of these rules are invalid. These rules start November 1, 2025.
Sworn affidavit can certify board actions
A school board can send a signed, sworn Affidavit of Board Action to the State Department of Education instead of approved minutes to prove a decision. The affidavit must list the district code, district name, meeting date, agenda item, a short summary of the action, and signatures from the superintendent (or assistant) and the board president, chair, or another officer. The Department must accept it as proof. Boards still must keep minutes under state law. This option starts November 1, 2025.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Clay Staires
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Kendal Sacchieri
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 0 • No: 4
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/24/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 88 • No: 4
House vote • 3/5/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 9 • No: 0
House vote • 2/19/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 10 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor 04/23/2025
4/23/2025HouseSent to Governor
4/23/2025HouseEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
4/23/2025SenateEnrolled, signed, to Senate
4/23/2025HouseReferred for enrollment
4/22/2025HouseEngrossed measure signed, returned to House
4/22/2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
4/22/2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
4/22/2025SenatePlaced on General Order
4/10/2025SenateReported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed
4/8/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Education
4/1/2025SenateFirst Reading
3/25/2025SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
3/25/2025HouseReferred for engrossment
3/24/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 4
3/24/2025HouseGeneral Order
3/24/2025HouseAuthored by Senator Sacchieri (principal Senate author)
3/5/2025HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
3/5/2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
2/24/2025HouseReferred to Common Education
2/13/2025HouseReferred to Education Oversight
2/13/2025HouseWithdrawn from Rules Committee
2/13/2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Rules
2/4/2025HouseAuthored by Representative Staires
2/3/2025HouseFirst Reading
2/3/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
4/22/2025
Floor (Senate)
4/9/2025
Senate Committee Report
4/8/2025
Engrossed
3/25/2025
Floor (House)
3/7/2025
House Committee Report
3/5/2025
House Committee Substitute
3/5/2025
House Policy Committee Report
2/24/2025
Introduced
1/16/2025
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