Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB1338: Education; creating the Education Impact and Innovation Revolving Fund; providing for competitive grants pool; providing for use of grants. Effective date.
Status: Passed both chambers, May 14, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to the Strong Readers Act; amending Section 2, Chapter 288, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 9, Chapter 411, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1210.508H), which relates to literacy instructional team; removing language establishing three-year pilot program; prohibiting certain school districts that decline certain assistance from being eligible for certain funds; requiring biennial submission of certain report; updating contents of report; updating statutory language; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. AMENDMENT NO. 1…
From the engrossed text, May 7, 2026:
An Act relating to the Strong Readers Act; amending Section 2, Chapter 288, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 9, Chapter 411, O.S.L. 2024 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1210.508H), which relates to literacy instructional team; removing language establishing three-year pilot program; prohibiting certain school districts that decline certain assistance from being eligible for certain funds; requiring biennial submission of certain report; updating contents of report; updating statutory language; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill and insert: "An Act relating to the education initiatives; defining terms; providing the Education Impact and Innovation Revolving Fund shall be used for a competitive grants pool to fund education initiatives meant to further and improve the education of Oklahoma students; directing the State Department of Education to administer grant program; authoring the ENGR. H. A. to ENGR. S. B. NO. 1338 Page State Board of Education to award one or more competitive grants to qualifying entities to fund education initiatives; requiring grants be awarded based on approved rubric; listing required information to be submitted in grant applications; requiring identifying information be removed before evaluation by Board; requiring use of rubric for scoring and ranking of grant applications; directing grant application scores be made public before Board vote; requiring Board to vote …