ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2730	By:	Cleveland and Turner of the House

			and

		Sharp and Coates of the Senate

An Act relating to schools; creating the Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act; providing definition; prohibiting school districts from being a member of a school athletic association unless certain requirements are met; requiring compliance with the Oklahoma Open Records and Oklahoma Open Meeting Acts; requiring certain audits; and providing for codification.

SUBJECT:  Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 27-101 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act".

SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 27-102 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

As used in the Oklahoma Extracurricular Activities Accountability Act, a "school athletic association" means any private organization or association which charges the school or school district a membership fee, retains a portion of revenue generated by the interscholastic activities or contests of the member schools, and provides the coordination, supervision and regulation of the interscholastic activities and contests of the member schools.

SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 27-103 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A public school or school district shall not be a member of any school athletic association unless that association has adopted a written policy that requires the following:

1.  All records of the association to be made accessible consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act;

2.  All meetings of the association to be open and conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, including specifically the notice and agenda, voting and executive session requirements; and

3.  An annual financial audit and a compliance audit of all funds of the association in accordance with the auditing standards set forth in the Oklahoma Public School Audit Law.  In addition, the association shall have performance audits conducted of the operations of the association.  A performance audit shall be conducted no later than December 31, 2014, and by December 31 every five (5) years thereafter.

Passed the House of Representatives the 19th day of May, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 16th day of April, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

	_________________________________
	Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________