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1-An Act
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3-BILL NO. 2693 By: Williams, Phillips,
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30+2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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32+CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
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35+HOUSE BILL NO. 2693 By: Williams, Phillips,
436 McBride, Talley, Dills,
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1752 An Act relating to schools; creating the Oklahoma
1853 Education Commission; setting expiration date of
1954 Commission; providing for membership; requiring
2055 organizational meeting by certain date; directing
2156 certain members to serve as chair and vice-chair;
2257 requiring approval of qu orum for final action;
2358 specifying quorum requirement; providing for
2459 frequency of meetings; prescribing duties of
2560 Commission; subjecting Commission to certain acts ;
2661 prohibiting compensation or travel reimbursement for
2762 members; providing for staff support; requiring
2863 submission of certain report by certa in date;
2964 providing for codification; and providing an
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35-SUBJECT: Schools
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3997 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
4098 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-201 of Title 70, unless there
4199 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows :
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43100 A. There is hereby created until November 1, 2027, the Oklahoma
44101 Education Commission .
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46102 B. The Commission shall consist of seventeen (17) members to be
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49104 1. A member of the Oklahoma House of Representative s shall be
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52106 2. A member of the Oklahoma State Senate shall be appointed by
53107 the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate;
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55108 3. The Director of the Department of Corrections, or his or her
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58110 4. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Librarie s, or his
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61112 5. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Educational
62113 Television Authority, or his or her designee;
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64114 6. Four members with expertise in online and educational
65115 innovation shall be appointed by t he Chancellor of Higher Education,
66116 one of whom shall be a representative of the Oklahoma State Regents
67117 for Higher Education , one of whom shall be a representative of a
68118 research institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
69119 Education, one of whom shall be a representative of a regional
70120 institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education,
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71147 and one of whom shall be a representative of a community colleg e
72148 within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education;
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74149 7. Four members with expertise in effective approaches to
75150 classroom instruction and learning or educational innovation shall
76151 be appointed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction , one
77152 of whom shall represent the State Department of Education, one of
78153 whom shall be a school district administrator, one of whom shall be
79154 a certified classroom teacher, and one of whom shall be a high
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83157 career and technology education instruction and learning or
84158 educational innovati on shall be appointed by the Director of the
85159 Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education , one of whom
86160 shall represent the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
87161 Education, one of whom shall be an administrator of a state
88162 technology center school or college, one of whom shall be a
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90164 and one of whom shall be a student enrolled at a state technology
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93166 C. The Commission shall hold an organizational meeting not
94167 later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act .
95168 The member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall serve as
96169 chair of the Commission and the member of the Oklahoma State Senate
97170 shall serve as vice-chair. A quorum of the membership of the
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98197 Commission shall be required to approve any final action of the
99198 Commission. For purposes of this section, nine members shall
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102200 D. The Commission may meet as often as required to perform the
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105202 E. The Commission shall engage multiple stakeholders in
106203 research, evaluation, and information s haring to conduct a study on
107204 how to improve the quality of instruction and learning through
108205 distance and remote modalities. Topic areas of the st udy shall
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132246 President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, and the Speaker
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135248 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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139-Passed the House of Representatives the 19th day of May, 2022.
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157-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
158-Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
159-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
160-By: _________________________________
161-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
162-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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166- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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168-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
169-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
170-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
171-By: _________________________________