Proposed Budget Highlights
The budget focuses on the governor’s priorities of being the best state for business, creating pathways from classrooms to careers, promoting Oklahoma around the country and around the world, and protecting the Oklahoma way of life. The recommended budget limits the growth of government and recommends smart reforms to protect the integrity of critical programs for the most vulnerable. Recommendations include the following:
Modernization and Efficiency Initiatives
- Proposes the creation of the Taxpayer Endowment Fund to strengthen fiscal stability and accelerate income tax relief.
- Recommends establishing a Program of American Civic Thought and Leadership at the University of Oklahoma.
- Supports the creation of pathways from classroom to careers by enhancing infrastructure and supporting apprenticeship programs statewide.
- Proposes a one-time state contribution into a Trump Account established for an eligible child.
- Recommends improving execution and administration of welfare programs through:
- The Oklahoma Department of Human Services implementing reforms on the childcare subsidy, evaluating potential reforms on the Advantage program, and improving systems and processes for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to protect against the cost shift to the State of Oklahoma.
- The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse evaluating the entire structure and delivery of mental health services to treat Oklahomans most effectively.
Supplemental and One-time Proposals
- Directs funds from excess cash into the Education Reform Revolving Fund to fund the supplemental appropriation due to the shortage in the Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund that goes to public schools.
- Provides funds to the Oklahoma Department of Safety for a Trooper Academy.
- Directs funds to the Quick Action Closing Fund.
- Provides funds to replenish the State Emergency Funds that were used to mitigate impacts to SNAP beneficiaries by funding Regional Food Banks during the federal shutdown.
- Includes funds for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to stand up a statewide call center.
- Directs funds to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to address the reduction in the FMAP percentage, maintenance of existing programs and services, and an additional claims week in fiscal 2027.
FY 2027 Spending Proposals
- Provides funds to the State Department of Education and CareerTech to fully fund the Flexible Benefit Allowance.
- Directs funds to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to pay the costs associated with the consent decree put in place to improve competency restoration services for defendants declared incompetent to stand trial.
- Transfers cash from the Unclaimed Property Fund, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority funds, Secretary of State Revolving Fund, the Insurance Department Revolving Fund, and the Oklahoma Tax Commission Revolving Fund to the Special Cash Fund for appropriation.