Adult education matching funds; providing certain matching funds subject to availability; providing for continuation of funding subject to availability. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 1357 requires Oklahoma to provide dollar-for-dollar matching funds for federal adult education and family literacy grants received by the state. It directs these funds to school districts offering high school equivalency diploma courses, with the State Board of Career and Technology Education distributing the money. The bill includes a contingency: if federal funding ends, Oklahoma must continue matching at twice the previous year’s federal amount (if funding allows). The law takes effect July 1, 2026, and was declared an emergency to allow immediate implementation.