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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2570 By: Caldwell (Chad)
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2011,
41	41	Section 1-109, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter
42	42	490, O.S.L. 2019 (70 O.S . Supp. 2020, Section 1 -109),
43	43	which relates to school year and instruction
44	44	requirements; establishing minimum requirements for
45	45	schools to offer in-person classroom instruction ;
46	46	requiring transition to charter school; exempting
47	47	transition for forfeiture of certain funding;
48	48	authorizing a moratorium upon certain order or joint
49	49	resolution; providing for renewal of moratorium; and
50	50	providing an effective date .
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56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
57	57	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 1 -109, as
58	58	last amended by Section 1, Chapter 490, O.S.L. 2019 (70 O.S. Supp.
59	59	2020, Section 1-109), is amended to read as follows:
60	60	Section 1-109. A. For all public schools in Oklahoma, school
61	61	shall actually be in session an d classroom instruction offered:
62	62	1. For not less than one hundred eighty (180) days; or
63	63	2. For not less than one thousand eighty (1,080) hours each
64	64	school year, if a district board of education adopts a school -hours
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91	91	policy and notifies the State Board of Education prior to October 15
92	92	of the applicable school year; or
93	93	3. Beginning with the 2021 -2022 school year, for not less than
94	94	one thousand eighty (1,080) hours with a minimum of one hundred
95	95	sixty-five (165) days of instruction each school year, if a dis trict
96	96	board of education adopts a school -hours policy and notifies the
97	97	State Board of Education prior to October 15 of the applicable
98	98	school year; or
99	99	4. Beginning with the 2021 -2022 school year, for not less than
100	100	one thousand eighty (1,080) hours each sch ool year, if a district
101	101	board of education adopts a school -hours policy, notifies the State
102	102	Board of Education prior to October 15 of the applicable school year
103	103	and meets the requirements established by the State Board of
104	104	Education pursuant to subsection H I of this section.
105	105	B. A school district may not count more than thirty (30) hours
106	106	each school year that are used for attendance of professional
107	107	meetings toward the one hundred eighty (180) days or one thousand
108	108	eighty (1,080) hours of classroom instructio n time required in
109	109	subsection A of this section.
110	110	C. Teachers off contract with an employing district shall not
111	111	be required by the employing school district to attend professional
112	112	meetings unless the teacher is paid additional compensation for the
113	113	additional time. Teachers may be paid additional compensation for
114	114	attending professional meetings in excess of their contract term.
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141	141	Subject to district board of education policy or collective
142	142	bargaining agreement, additional paid professional days may be
143	143	granted for individual teachers to attend or participate in
144	144	professional meetings, staff development training, or National Board
145	145	certification portfolio development as provided for in Section 6 -
146	146	204.2 of this title.
147	147	D. A school district may authorize parent -teacher conferences
148	148	to be held during a regular school day. If authorized by the school
149	149	district, parent-teacher conferences shall be counted as classroom
150	150	instruction time for no more than six (6) hours per semester, for a
151	151	total of twelve (12) hours per school year.
152	152	E. A school district may maintain school for less than a full
153	153	school year only when conditions beyond the control of school
154	154	authorities make the maintenance of the term impossible and the
155	155	State Board of Education has been apprised and has expressed
156	156	concurrence in writing.
157	157	F. Beginning with the 2022 -2023 school year, school districts
158	158	shall provide the option of in-person classroom instruction at least
159	159	four (4) days per week for at least eighty -five percent (85%) of the
160	160	school year.
161	161	1. A school district which fails to meet the minimum
162	162	requirements of this subsection, except as provided in paragraph 2
163	163	of this subsection, shall transition to a charter school. If the
164	164	school district refuses to transition to a charter school, the
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191	191	school district shall f orfeit a percentage of its State Aid and any
192	192	other state-appropriated revenue in the amount of the difference
193	193	between eighty-five percent (85%) and the actual percentage of the
194	194	school year in which the school district offered in -person classroom
195	195	instruction at least four (4) days per week.
196	196	2. A school district which fails to meet the minimum
197	197	requirements of this subsection may be granted a moratorium upon an
198	198	order signed by the Governor and the State Superintendent of Public
199	199	Instruction or upon a joint res olution passed by a majority vote of
200	200	both chambers of the Legislature. The moratorium shall be for one
201	201	(1) year but may be renewed annually through an order or joint
202	202	resolution as provided in this paragraph.
203	203	G. The State Board of Education shall establis h criteria for an
204	204	extended-day schedule for schools subject to paragraph 1 of
205	205	subsection A of this section. The criteria shall:
206	206	1. Prescribe a lengthened school day within limits determined
207	207	not to be detrimental to quality instruction;
208	208	2. Ensure that the schedule is equivalent in annual hours of
209	209	instruction to the one -hundred-eighty-day school year specified in
210	210	paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section; and
211	211	3. Be consistent with the provisions of this section and
212	212	Sections 1-111 and 1-112 of this title, but may result in fewer
213	213	annual days of instruction.
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240	240	G. H. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection F G of this
241	241	section, a school district board of education subject to paragraph 1
242	242	of subsection A of this section may adopt and implement an extended -
243	243	day schedule subject to the following requirements:
244	244	1. The annual number of hours of instruction shall equal or
245	245	exceed one thousand eighty (1,080) hours, which is the equivalent of
246	246	one hundred eighty (180) days of instruction as specified in
247	247	subsection A of this section for six (6) hours each day as specified
248	248	in Section 1-111 of this title;
249	249	2. The annual number of days of instruction shall equal or
250	250	exceed one hundred eighty (180) days as specified in subsection A of
251	251	this section;
252	252	3. The schedule adopted s hall be consistent with the provisions
253	253	of Sections 1-111 and 1-112 of this title, except that for not more
254	254	than one (1) day per week, a school day shall consist of not less
255	255	than five (5) hours devoted to academic instruction in a regular
256	256	classroom setting;
257	257	4. The district shall hold a public hearing prior to the
258	258	adoption of an extended -day schedule authorized pursuant to this
259	259	subsection; and
260	260	5. The district shall document the impact on student
261	261	achievement as determined by the academic performance data sco re and
262	262	any other relevant factors that are a result of implementation of an
263	263	extended-day schedule authorized pursuant to this subsection and
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290	290	provide an annual report to the State Board of Education of the
291	291	results. If improvement in student achievement can not be documented
292	292	in the report, the district board of education shall revoke
293	293	authorization as provided by this subsection. If the district does
294	294	not revoke authorization after student achievement is not documented
295	295	in the report, the State Board of Educati on may deny accreditation
296	296	of any school in violation of this subsection.
297	297	H. I. Beginning with the 2021 -2022 school year, a school
298	298	district board of education may adopt a school -hours policy as
299	299	provided for by paragraph 4 of subsection A of this section on ly if
300	300	it meets or exceeds the minimum guidelines for student performance
301	301	and school district cost savings established by the State Board of
302	302	Education. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules,
303	303	subject to approval by the Legislature, establishin g the minimum
304	304	guidelines for student performance and school district cost savings.
305	305	I. J. If subject to paragraph 2 of subsection A of this
306	306	section, a district board of education or designee may elect to
307	307	close a school during the school day for inclement w eather purposes.
308	308	In such an event, the number of hours incurred in classroom
309	309	instruction time prior to school closure shall be counted toward the
310	310	one thousand eighty (1,080) hours per year requirement.
311	311	J. K. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting
312	312	the right of an employing school district to require teachers as
313	313	defined in Section 6 -101.3 of this title to work in excess of the
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340	340	one thousand eighty (1,080) hours required for student instruction.
341	341	In addition, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
342	342	the Fair Labor Standards Act status of any school district employee.
343	343	K. L. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the
344	344	Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf
345	345	from adopting an alternative school -hours policy if the Oklahoma
346	346	School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf notifies
347	347	and receives approval from the State Board of Education prior to
348	348	October 15 of the applicable school year.
349	349	SECTION 2. This act shall become effectiv e November 1, 2021.
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