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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (202 2)
HOUSE BILL 3194 By: Williams
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; creating the Oklahoma
Education Commission; setting expiration date of
Commission; providing for membership ; requiring
organizational meeting by certain date; directing
certain members to serve as chair and vice-chair;
requiring approval of qu orum for final action;
specifying quorum requirement; providing for
frequency of meetings; prescribing duties of
Commission; subjecting meetings to the Oklahoma Open
Meeting Act; prohibiting compensation or travel
reimbursement for members; providing for staff
support; requiring submission of certain report by
certain date; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-201 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows :
A. There is hereby created until November 1, 2027, the Oklahoma
Education Commission .
B. The Commission shall consist of fifteen (15) members to be
appointed as follows:
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1. A member of the Oklahoma House of Representative s shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives;
2. A member of the Oklahoma State Senate shall be appointed by
the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate;
3. The Director of the Department of Corrections, or his or her
designee;
4. Four members with expertise in online and educational
innovation shall be appointed by t he Chancellor of Higher Education,
one of whom shall be a representative of the Oklahoma State Regents
for Higher Education , one of whom shall be a representative of a
research institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
Education, one of whom shall be a representative of regional
institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education,
and one of whom shall be a representative of a comm unity college
within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education;
5. Four members with expertise in effective approaches to
classroom instruction and learning or educational innovation shall
be appointed by the S uperintendent of Public Instruction , one of
whom shall represent the State Department of Education, one of whom
shall be a school district administrator, one of whom shall be a
classroom certified teacher, and one of whom shall be a high school
student; and
6. Four members with expertise in effe ctive approaches to
career and technology education instruction and learning or
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educational innovati on shall be appointed by the Director of the
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education , one of whom
shall represent the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
Education, one of whom shall be an administrator of a state
technology center school or college, one of whom shall be a
certified teacher at a state technology center school or college,
and one shall be a student enrolled at a state t echnology center
school or college.
C. The Commission shall hold an organizational meeting not
later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act .
The member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall serve as
chair of the Commission and the member of the Okl ahoma State Senate
shall serve as vice-chair. A quorum of the membership of the
Commission shall be required to approve any final action of the
Commission. For purposes of this section, eight members shall
constitute a quorum.
D. The Commission may meet as often as required to perform the
duties imposed upon it, but shall meet at least quarterly.
E. The Commission shall engage multiple stakeholders in
research, evaluation, and information shar ing to conduct a study on
how to improve the quality of instruction and learning through
distance and remote modalities. Topic areas of the st udy shall
include, but are not limited to:
1. Support infrastructure;
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2. Open education resources;
3. Compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act;
4. Professional development; and
5. Modality research.
F. The Commission shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting
Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
G. Members of the Commission shall not receive compensation or
travel reimbursement.
H. The Oklahoma House of Representatives shall provide staff
and administrative support f or the Commission.
I. The Commission shall submit a report of its findings and
recommendations no later than November 1, 2027, to the Governor, the
President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker
of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-8892 EK 01/16/22