Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2985 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2985 By: Rosecrants
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36	36	AS INTRODUCED
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38	38	An Act relating to schools; enacting the Empowering
39	39	Parents Over Testing Act of 202 2; enabling parents to
40	40	opt their children out of mandatory testing;
41	41	prohibiting consequences for students, teachers, and
42	42	parents for excusing children from testing;
43	43	permitting collection of data by state e ntities;
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45	45	standardized tests; providing for codification; and
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50	50	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
51	51	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in
52	52	the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-107.2 of Title 70, unless there
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54	54	This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Empowering
55	55	Parents Over Testing Act of 2022".
56	56	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in
57	57	the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-107.3 of Title 70, unless there
58	58	is created a duplication in numbering, r eads as follows:
59	59	It shall be unlawful for the State Department of Education, any
60	60	school district, or any officer or employee of the State Department
61	61	of Education or of any school district to:
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88	88	1. Impose or cause to be imposed on a public school student any
89	89	adverse consequences, including, but not limited to, consequences
90	90	relating to course grades, grade promotion, graduation, placement in
91	91	advanced academic programs, or participation in extracurricular
92	92	activities by reason of the public school student having been
93	93	excused by his or her parents or guardians from taking any
94	94	assessment used to meet the requirements of the federal Elementary
95	95	and Secondary Education Act, 20 U.S.C., Sections 6301 through 7981,
96	96	as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015;
97	97	2. Impose or cause to be imposed on a public school teacher any
98	98	adverse consequences, including, but not limited to, consequences
99	99	relating to teacher evaluations or pay, by reason of one or more of
100	100	the teacher's students having been excused by their parents or
101	101	guardians from taking any assessment used to meet the requirements
102	102	of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 20 U.S.C.,
103	103	Sections 6301 through 7981, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds
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105	105	3. Impose or cause to be imposed on a public school any adverse
106	106	consequences, including, but not limited to, consequences relating
107	107	to school grades or school interventions, by reason of one or more
108	108	of the school's students having been excused by their parents or
109	109	guardians from taking any assessment used to meet the requirements
110	110	of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 20 U.S.C.,
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137	137	Sections 6301 through 7981, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds
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139	139	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new sectio n of law to be codified in
140	140	the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-107.4 of Title 70, unless there
141	141	is created a duplication in numberi ng, reads as follows:
142	142	It shall be unlawful for any school district, or any officer or
143	143	employee of any school district, to discipline or discharge a
144	144	teacher by reason of that teacher having counseled parents,
145	145	guardians, and/or students regarding the exercise of any rights this
146	146	state may grant parents and guardians to excuse their student from
147	147	taking assessments used to meet the requirements of the federal
148	148	Elementary and Secondary Education Ac t, 20 U.S.C., Sections 6301
149	149	through 7981, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act.
150	150	SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of la w to be codified in
151	151	the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-107.5 of Title 70, unless there
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153	153	Nothing in this act shall be construed as limiting the State
154	154	Department of Education, any school district, or any officer or
155	155	employee of the State Department of Education or of any school
156	156	district from requiring transparency in school reporting about the
157	157	number of students who do not take assessments used to meet the
158	158	requirements of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
159	159	20 U.S.C., Sections 6301 through 7981, as amended by the Every
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186	186	Student Succeeds Act. However, such reporting may only be done in a
187	187	manner that respects student and educator privacy .
188	188	SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new sectio n of law to be codified in
189	189	the Oklahoma Statutes as S ection 11-107.6 of Title 70, unless there
190	190	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
191	191	Nothing in this act should be construed as limiting the State
192	192	Department of Education, any school district, or any officer or
193	193	employee of the State Department of Education or of any school
194	194	district from encouraging test participation of all students and
195	195	subgroups of students at a rate of ninety-five percent (95%) or more
196	196	on federally required tests by providing to parents and guardians
197	197	evidence of educational benefits of test participation.
198	198	SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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