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33	28		ENGROSSED HOUSE
34		-	BILL NO. 2991 By: West (Rick), Kerbs,
35		-	Crosswhite Hader~~, and Boles~~
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	29	+	BILL NO. 2991 By: West (Rick), Kerbs, and
	30	+	Crosswhite Hader of the
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45	42		An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
46	43		Section 1-111, which relates to school days;
47	44		requiring students be given excused absences for
48		-	participating in approved 4-H activities; subjecting
49		-	excused absences to certain policies; directing 4-H
50		-	educator to provide proof of participation upon
	45	+	participating in approved 4-H activities; directing
	46	+	4-H educator to provide proof of participation upon
51	47		request; requiring student be given opportunity to
52	48		make up missed schoolwork; prohibiting class grades
53	49		from being adversely affect ed; providing exception
54	50		for certain absences; and providing an effective
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59	56		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
60	57		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 7 0 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -111, is
61	58		amended to read as follows:
62	59		Section 1-111. A. Except as otherwise provided for by law, a
63	60		school day shall consist of not less than s ix (6) hours devoted to
64	61		school activities. A district board of education may elect to
65	62		extend the length of one (1) or more school days to more than six
66	63		(6) hours and reduce the number of school days as long as the total
67	64		amount of classroom instruction tim e is not less than one thousand
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95	91		eighty (1,080) hours per year as required pursuant to Section 1-109
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97	93		B. A school day for nursery, early childhood educati on,
98	94		kindergarten, and alternative education pro grams shall be as
99	95		otherwise defined by la w or as defined by the State Board of
100	96		Education. Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, not
101	97		more than one (1) school day shall be counted for attendance
102	98		purposes in any twenty-four-hour period. Two (2) school days, each
103	99		consisting of not le ss than six (6) hours, may be counted for
104	100		attendance purposes in any twenty-four-hour period only if one of
105	101		the school days is for the purpose of parent -teacher conferences
106	102		held as provided for in Section 1 -109 of this title.
107	103		C. Students Except as provided in subsection D of thi s section,
108	104		students absent from school in which they are regularly enrolled may
109	105		be considered as being in attendance if the reason for such absence
110	106		is to participate in scheduled school activ ities under the direction
111	107		and supervision of a regular member o f the faculty or to participate
112	108		in an online course approved by the district board of education.
113	109		The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to provide for the
114	110		implementation of supplementa l online courses which shall include,
115	111		but not be limited to, pr ovisions addressing the following:
116	112		1. Criteria for student admissions eligibility;
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144	139		2. A student admission process administered t hrough the
145	140		district of residence, which provides the ability fo r the student to
146	141		enroll in individual courses;
147	142		3. A process by which students are not denied the oppo rtunity
148	143		to enroll in educationally appropriate courses by school districts.
149	144		For the purposes of this section, "educationally appropriate" means
150	145		any instruction that is not substantially a repeat of a course or
151	146		portion of a course that the student has succ essfully completed,
152	147		regardless of the grade of the student, and regardless of whether a
153	148		course is similar to or identical to the instruction that is
154	149		currently offered in the school district;
155	150		4. Creation of a system w hich provides ongoing enrollment
156	151		access for students throughout the school year;
157	152		5. A grace period of fifteen (15) calendar days from the first
158	153		day of an online course for student withdrawal f rom an online course
159	154		without academic penalty;
160	155		6. Mastery of competencies for course completion rathe r than
161	156		Carnegie units;
162	157		7. Student participation in extracurricular activities in
163	158		accordance with school district eligibility rules and policies and
164	159		any rules and policies of a private organization or association
165	160		which provides the coordination, supervisio n, and regulation of the
166	161		interscholastic activities and contests of schools;
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194	188		8. Parent authorization for release of state test results to
195	189		online course providers, on a form developed by the State Department
196	190		of Education; and
197	191		9. A review process to identi fy and certify online course
198	192		providers and a uniform payment processing system.
199	193		D. Except as provided in p aragraph 3 of this subsection,
200	194		students absent from school in which they are regularly enrolled
201	195		shall be given an excused absence if the reason for such absence is
202	196		to participate in scheduled 4-H activities or programs as approved
203		-	by the county 4-H educator. The number of excused absences allowed
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206	198		1. Upon request from a school principal or attendance officer,
207	199		a 4-H educator shall provide documentation as proof of student
208	200		participation in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H.
209	201		2. Students shall be given the opportunity to make up any
210	202		schoolwork missed while they are participating in activities or
211	203		programs sponsored by 4-H. Students shall not ha ve their class
212	204		grades adversely affected for lack of attendance or participation
213	205		due to their participation in activities or programs sponsored by 4-
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215	207		3. A school principal or his or her designee shall not credit a
216	208		student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H
217	209		with an excused absence if the participation occurs during:
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245	236		a. the schedule established by the State Board of
246	237		Education for the administration of statewide student
247	238		assessments, or
248	239		b. any period of time for which t he student has been
249	240		disciplined, suspended, or expelled, if the terms of
250	241		punishment would preclude the student from
251	242		participating in an educational field trip or
252	243		extracurricular activity.
253	244		E. Each district board of education shall adopt policies and
254	245		procedures that conform to rules for online courses as adopted by
255	246		the State Board. Such policies shall include criteria for approval
256	247		of the course, the approp riateness of the course for a particular
257	248		student, authorization for full-time students to enroll in online
258	249		courses, and establishing fees or charges. No district shall be
259	250		liable for payment o f any fees or charges for any online course for
260	251		a student who has not complied with the district's policies and
261	252		procedures. School districts shall not deny students the
262	253		opportunity to enroll in educationally appropriate courses and sha ll
263	254		provide an admissions process which includes input from the student,
264	255		the parent or guardian of the student, and school faculty.
265	256		E. F. Districts shall require students enrolled in online
266	257		courses to participate in the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act.
267	258		Students participating in online courses from a remote site will be
268	259		responsible for providing their own equipment and Internet acce ss,
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296	286		unless the district chooses to provide the equipment. Credit may
297	287		not be granted for such courses except upon approval of the State
298	288		Board of Education and the district board of education.
299	289		F. G. Districts may provide students with opportunities for
300	290		blended instruction. "Blended instruction" shall mean a combination
301	291		of brick-and-mortar learning and virtual learning environments that
302	292		includes elements of a student's control over place, pace and path
303	293		of learning. A student in blended instruction may work on virtual
304	294		courses at home or at school in a blended flex lab but shall
305	295		participate in at least one unit or set of competencies as defined
306	296		by Section 11-103.6 of this title at a physical school building in a
307	297		traditional classroom setting which is the academi c equivalent of
308	298		one (1) hour per day for each instructional day in the school year
309	299		as defined by Section 1-109 of this title.
310	300		G. H. The school day for kindergarten may consist of six (6)
311	301		hours devoted to schoo l activities.
312	302		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
313		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
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