HB 2287 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Education; per-pupil expenditure definition; effective date; emergency.

HB 2287 clarifies and expands how Oklahoma defines "per-pupil expenditure" for reporting purposes. It requires school districts and the state to calculate this metric by dividing total daily school operation costs (including instruction, student support, administration, transportation, and nutrition) by the student count as of October 1. The bill specifically adds categories like career and technology education and concurrent graduation courses to the definition while excluding non-operational costs (e.g., building construction, debt). This change ensures the State Department of Education must publish detailed breakdowns of all spending categories alongside the overall per-pupil figure, starting July 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed May 14, 2025
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What changed between versions

Floor (House) Floor (Senate) · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was revised from the House floor version to the Senate floor version, primarily adding a new subsection C that clarifies when the per-pupil expenditure rules apply to public funds by educational and governmental entities. The Senate version also reorganized the committee report section and adjusted page headers to reflect Senate floor processing. The core definition of per-pupil expenditure and the list of included/excluded expenditure categories remain substantively unchanged.
DEFINITION

Added new subsection C clarifying that per-pupil expenditure provisions apply when related to the expenditure of public funds by educational and governmental entities.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized committee report section and adjusted page headers to reflect Senate floor version formatting.

Added date stamp (April 15, 2025) and version designation (SENATE FLOOR VERSION) to document header.

Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2025 · House Mar 11, 2025

How they voted

387
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 49
May 6, 2025
D Democratic9
2 Yea 7 Nay
77% Nay
R Republican40
36 Yea 4
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 6, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Common Education
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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