Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3711: Schools; School District Transparency Act; instructional expenditure disclosures on district website; bond proposals, and bond guarantee applications; effective date; emergency.
Status: In committee, April 28, 2026
What the bill says
From the engrossed text, April 27, 2026:
SENATE FLOOR VERSION April 23, 2026 AS AMENDED ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 3711 By: Caldwell (Chad) and Lepak of the House and Pugh of the Senate [ schools - instructional expenditures - exclusions - bond proposal - applicability - bond guarantee application - effective date - emergency ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-135.4, is amended to read as follows: Section 5-135.4. A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "School District Transparency Act". B. The State Department of Education shall make school district and school site expenditure data available on its website. Data shall be made available in an open-structured data format that may be downloaded by the public and that allows the user to systematically sort, search, and access all data without any fee or charge for access. Prior to the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, if a school district has a website, the district shall provide SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3711 SFLR Page (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) a li nk on its home page to the State Department of Education's Oklahoma Cost Accounting System and School District Financial Information website, or the district shall provide the information required by subsection C of this section within one click of …
Sponsors
- Mark Lepak (R, HD-009)
- Caldwell (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Placed on General Order
- : Title stricken
- : Reported Do Pass as amended Rules committee; CR filed
- : Referred to Rules
- : Withdrawn from Education committee
- : Second Reading referred to Education
- : First Reading
- : Engrossed, signed, to Senate
- : Referred for engrossment
- : Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 16
Votes
- Senate Rules Committee (April 23, 2026): 13 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Third Reading (March 24, 2026): 79 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Floor Vote (March 2, 2026): 7 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Floor Vote (February 18, 2026): 7 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: Education
Common questions
- What is HB3711?
- HB3711 is a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Schools; School District Transparency Act; instructional expenditure disclosures on district website; bond proposals, and bond guarantee applications; effective date; emergency.
- What is the status of HB3711?
- In committee as of April 28, 2026. Latest action: Placed on General Order (April 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB3711?
- Caldwell (R), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB3711?
- On the Oklahoma Legislature website: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3711&Session=2600
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