Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB3374 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/02/2022

                     
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION 
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) 
 
HOUSE BILL 3374 	By: West (Tammy) and Provenzano 
of the House 
 
   and 
 
  Pemberton of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 PE OPLE 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   
 
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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.  
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   
 
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4. An ongoing stakeholder engagement process. 
Pilot projects for community schools, when possible, shall also 
address additional components, including, but not limited to, 
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. 
 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 03/01/2022 
- DO PASS, As Coauthored.