Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1-118
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Building and operations fund - Definition
Official statutory text
The building fund of any school district shall consist of all
monies derived from the proceeds of a building fund levy of not to
exceed five (5) mills in any year, voted by the people of a school
district pursuant to the provisions of Article X, Section 10 of the
Oklahoma Constitution, monies appropriated by the state for the
purpose of capital expenditures or projects, monies allocated to a
school district by the State Board of Education from the State
Public Common School Building Equalization Fund and monies donated
to a school district for the purpose of capital projects or
improvements and may be used for erecting, remodeling, repairing or
maintaining school buildings, for purchasing furniture, equipment
and computer software to be used on or for school district property,
for repairing and maintaining computer systems and equipment, for
paying energy and utility costs, for purchasing telecommunications
utilities and services, for paying fire and casualty insurance
premiums for school facilities, for purchasing security systems, for
paying salaries of security personnel, for purchasing school buses,
or for one or more, or all, of such purposes. Proceeds of such
levies shall not be required to be used during the year for which a
levy is made but may accumulate from year to year until adequate for
the purposes intended. The building fund may also consist of monies
allocated to a school district via the federal Coronavirus Response
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 118
and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2021 (CRRSA) and the
federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). The building fund
hereinabove defined is hereby declared to be a current expense fund,
but shall not be considered a part of the general operating fund.
No monies derived from the proceeds of the school levies made
pursuant to the provisions of Article X, Section 9 of the Oklahoma
Constitution may be placed in the building fund provided by this
section.
monies derived from the proceeds of a building fund levy of not to
exceed five (5) mills in any year, voted by the people of a school
district pursuant to the provisions of Article X, Section 10 of the
Oklahoma Constitution, monies appropriated by the state for the
purpose of capital expenditures or projects, monies allocated to a
school district by the State Board of Education from the State
Public Common School Building Equalization Fund and monies donated
to a school district for the purpose of capital projects or
improvements and may be used for erecting, remodeling, repairing or
maintaining school buildings, for purchasing furniture, equipment
and computer software to be used on or for school district property,
for repairing and maintaining computer systems and equipment, for
paying energy and utility costs, for purchasing telecommunications
utilities and services, for paying fire and casualty insurance
premiums for school facilities, for purchasing security systems, for
paying salaries of security personnel, for purchasing school buses,
or for one or more, or all, of such purposes. Proceeds of such
levies shall not be required to be used during the year for which a
levy is made but may accumulate from year to year until adequate for
the purposes intended. The building fund may also consist of monies
allocated to a school district via the federal Coronavirus Response
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 118
and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2021 (CRRSA) and the
federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). The building fund
hereinabove defined is hereby declared to be a current expense fund,
but shall not be considered a part of the general operating fund.
No monies derived from the proceeds of the school levies made
pursuant to the provisions of Article X, Section 9 of the Oklahoma
Constitution may be placed in the building fund provided by this
section.
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