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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3374 By: West (Tammy)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to community schools; defining term;
authorizing the State Board of Education to assist in
establishing community school pilot projects;
allowing for award of grants subject to available
funding; providing for scope of pilot projects;
setting minimum requirements for contents of project
plans; authorizing additional components for project;
permitting promulgation of rules and regulations;
allowing assistance in ac cessing certain funds ;
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 1210.559 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section, "community schools " means public
schools that provide services and supports which fit the needs of
each neighborhood, created and run by the people who know their
children best: families, educators, co mmunity organizations, local
governments, and the students themselves , all working together.
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Community schools offer evidence -based pathways by providing
tailored services before, during, and after school.
B. The State Board of Education may assist, and if funding is
available, award grants to, local school boards of education to
establish pilot projects that create community schools within a
school district or at a school site. Projects may involve entire
districts, individual school sites, a combination of school sites,
or elements of school sites individually or in combination.
C. Pilot project plans for community schools shall contain the
following minimum elements:
1. A person designated as the Community School Coordinator;
2. A comprehensive needs assessment process that includes the
following stakeholders:
a. parents,
b. community leaders,
c. teachers,
d. site and district administrators,
e. other education employees, and
f. students, where age appropriate ;
3. Site-based collaborative leadership , practices, and shared
responsibility; and
4. An ongoing stakeholder engagement process.
Pilot projects for community schools, when possible, shall also
address additional components, including, but not limited to,
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strengthened curriculum and academic programs, expanded learning
opportunities, and integrated student su pports or wraparound
services.
D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules and
regulations for the operation and implementation of the pilot
projects and to assist school districts in accessing pi lot start-up
funds from the United States Department of Education for selected
projects.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-9010 EK 01/19/22