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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2750 By: Baker, Hasenbeck, Vancuren,
Talley and Conley of the
House
and
Pugh of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to sc hools; amending 70 O.S. 2011,
Section 3207.1, which relates to transfer of credits;
declaring legislative intent; requiring credit policy
be posted on the campus website; requiring biennial
reviews of Advanced Placement credit policies;
requiring reports of noncompliance; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 3207.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 3207.1 A. It is the intent of the Legislature that
credits earned by students in any institution of higher education
within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education be fully
accepted at any other institution of higher education within The
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and that the Oklahoma
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State Regents for Higher Education assume leadership in working with
institutional faculty and administrators to ensure that students
move smoothly from one level of education to another. Objectives
should include development of transfer policies and guides, degree
sheets, course equivalencies, and common course numbering.
B. It is the intent of the Legislature that institutions of
higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
Education, private institutions accredited by the Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education, technology center school districts,
schools or training programs licensed, accredited, approved or
regulated by any state agency, and private schools licensed by the
Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools be prohibited from
placing statements in documents or brochures given to students or
advertising in publications that credits earned at the institution,
training program, or school are fully accepted at another
institution or school without having a written agreement with the
other institution or school stating that the credits will be fully
accepted.
C. It is the intent of the Legislature that in establishing the
minimum required score on an Advanced Placement examination for
granting course credit for a particular lower division course,
institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of
Higher Education shall not require an Advanced Placement Exam score
of more than three. Credit policy regarding all A dvanced Placement
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exams shall be posted on campus websites effective for the 2021 -22
fall academic term and for each academic term thereafter . The
institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of
Higher Education shall conduct biennial r eviews of their Advanced
Placement credit policy. The Oklahoma State System of Higher
Education shall report noncompliance to the House Common Education
Committee, House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee, and
Senate Education Committee, or simila rly named House Commit tee if
the named Committees no longer exist, by December 1 each year
beginning December 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREER TECH,
dated 02/22/2021 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.