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49 | 48 | | [ community schools - authorizing the State Board of |
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50 | 49 | | Education to assist in establishing community school |
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51 | 50 | | pilot projects - effective date ] |
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55 | 54 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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56 | 55 | | SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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57 | 56 | | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.559 of Title 70, unless |
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58 | 57 | | there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: |
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59 | 58 | | A. As used in this section, “community schools” means public |
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60 | 59 | | schools that provide services and supports which fit the needs of |
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61 | 60 | | each neighborhood, created and run by the people who know their |
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62 | 61 | | children best: families, educators, co mmunity organizations, local |
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63 | 62 | | governments, and the students themselves , all working together. |
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64 | 63 | | Community schools offer evidence-based pathways by providing |
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65 | 64 | | tailored services before, during, and after school. |
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93 | 91 | | B. The State Board of Education may assist and, if funding is |
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94 | 92 | | available, award grants to school district boards of education to |
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95 | 93 | | establish pilot projects that create community schools within a |
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96 | 94 | | school district or at a school site. Projects may involve entire |
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97 | 95 | | districts, individual school sites, a combination of school sites, |
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98 | 96 | | or elements of school sites individually or in combination. |
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99 | 97 | | C. Pilot project plans for community schools shall contain the |
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100 | 98 | | following minimum elements: |
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101 | 99 | | 1. A person designated as the community school coordinator, who |
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102 | 100 | | shall complete leadership training provided by an Oklahoma -based |
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103 | 101 | | non-profit organization that uses the science of hope to improve |
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104 | 102 | | classrooms and campuses; |
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105 | 103 | | 2. A comprehensive needs assessment process that includes the |
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106 | 104 | | following stakeholders: |
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107 | 105 | | a. parents, |
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108 | 106 | | b. community leaders, |
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109 | 107 | | c. teachers, |
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110 | 108 | | d. site and district administrators, |
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111 | 109 | | e. other education employees, an d |
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112 | 110 | | f. students, where age-appropriate; |
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113 | 111 | | 3. Site-based collaborative leadership , practices, and shared |
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114 | 112 | | responsibility; and |
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115 | 113 | | 4. An ongoing stakeholder engagement process. |
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143 | 140 | | Pilot projects for community schools, when possible, shall also |
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144 | 141 | | address additional compo nents including but not limited to |
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145 | 142 | | strengthened curriculum and academic programs, expanded learning |
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146 | 143 | | opportunities, and integrated student su pports or wraparound |
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147 | 144 | | services. |
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148 | 145 | | D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules and |
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149 | 146 | | regulations for the operation and implementat ion of the pilot |
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150 | 147 | | projects and to assist school districts in accessing pi lot start-up |
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151 | 148 | | funds from the United States Department of Education for selected |
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152 | 149 | | projects. |
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153 | 150 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022. |
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