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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1583 By: Treat
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; allowing the parent or
66	66	legal guardian of a student enrolled in a school site
67	67	with certain overview grade to request a transfer
68	68	allowance; establishing requirements for transfer
69	69	allowance; establishing criteria for approval of
70	70	private schools; requiring the State De partment of
71	71	Education to provide certain informati on on its
72	72	website; providing for calculation of tr ansfer
73	73	allowance; directing the State Board of Education to
74	74	deny, suspend, or revoke private school participation
75	75	for certain noncompliance; providing immunity from
76	76	liability for certain entities based on award or use
77	77	of transfer allowance; prohibiting the expansion of
78	78	certain regulatory authority over participating
79	79	private schools; providing for codification;
80	80	providing an effective date; and declaring an
81	81	emergency.
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87	87	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
88	88	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
89	89	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8-114 of Title 70, unless there
90	90	is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
91	91	A. The parent or legal gua rdian of a student enrolled in a
92	92	resident district school site that has received an “F” overview
93	93	grade pursuant to the provisions of Section 1210.545 of Title 70 of
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145	145	the Oklahoma Statutes in the immediately preceding school year may
146	146	exercise his or her pare ntal option and request to have a transfer
147	147	allowance awarded for the student to enroll in and attend a private
148	148	school in accordance with this section. Transfer allowances shall
149	149	be awarded beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.
150	150	B. A transfer allowance shall be awarded pursuant to this
151	151	section if the parent or legal guardian has obtained acceptance for
152	152	admission of the student to an app roved private school pursuant to
153	153	subsection C of this section and has notified the State De partment
154	154	of Education of the request for a transfer allowance.
155	155	1. Requests for a transfer allowance made after December 1
156	156	shall be granted, but funding for transf er allowances requested
157	157	after December 1 shall not be available until the beginning of the
158	158	next school year. The request shall be through a communication
159	159	directly to the Department in a manner that creates a written or
160	160	electronic record of the request and shall include the date of
161	161	receipt of the request. The Department shall notify the school
162	162	district in which the student is enrolled upon receipt of the
163	163	request.
164	164	2. For purposes of continuity of educational choice, the
165	165	transfer allowance shall remain in force until the student returns
166	166	to a public school, graduates from high school , or reaches the age
167	167	of twenty-two (22), whichever occurs first. At any time, the parent
168	168	or legal guardian of the student may remove the student from the
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220	220	private school and pla ce the student in another private school
221	221	approved by the State Department of Education as provided for in
222	222	subsection C of this section or place the student in a public
223	223	school.
224	224	3. Upon acceptance of a transfer allowance, the parent or legal
225	225	guardian shall assume full financial responsibility for the
226	226	education of the student including but not limited to transportation
227	227	to and from the private school.
228	228	4. If the parent or legal g uardian requests a transfer
229	229	allowance and the student is accepted by the private s chool pending
230	230	the availability of a space for the student, the parent or legal
231	231	guardian of the student shall notify the Stat e Department of
232	232	Education before entering the priv ate school and before December 1
233	233	in order to be eligible for the transfer allowanc e during the school
234	234	year when a space becomes available for the student in the private
235	235	school. If notification is made afte r December 1, payment of the
236	236	transfer allowance sh all not begin until the next school year.
237	237	C. For purposes of this section, “private school” shall mean a
238	238	school that offers a course of instruction for students in one or
239	239	more grades from pre -kindergarten through grade twelve that is not
240	240	operated by a governmental entity and that is approved by the State
241	241	Department of Education pursuant to this subsection. The State
242	242	Department of Education shall approve a private school upon request
243	243	by the private school a nd determination that the private school:
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295	295	1. Meets the accreditation requir ements set by the State Board
296	296	of Education or another ac crediting association approved by the
297	297	State Board of Education. The S tate Department of Education shall
298	298	list on its website all accrediting associations approved by the
299	299	Board;
300	300	2. Demonstrates fiscal soundness by having been in operation
301	301	for one (1) school year or providing the State Department of
302	302	Education with a statement by a certified public accountant
303	303	confirming that the private school is insured and the owner or
304	304	owners have sufficient capital or credit to operate the school for
305	305	the upcoming year by s erving the number of students anticipated with
306	306	expected revenues from tuition and other sources that may be
307	307	reasonably expected. In lieu of a statement, a surety bond or
308	308	letter of credit for the amou nt equal to the transfer allowance
309	309	funds for any quarter may be filed with the Department;
310	310	3. Complies with the antidiscrimin ation provisions of 42
311	311	U.S.C., Section 2000d;
312	312	4. Meets state and local health and safety laws and codes ;
313	313	5. Will be academically accountable to the parent or legal
314	314	guardian for meeting the educational needs of the student;
315	315	6. Employs or contracts with t eachers who hold baccalaureate or
316	316	higher degrees, have at least three (3) years of teaching experience
317	317	in public or private school s, or have special skills, knowledge , or
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369	369	expertise that qualifies them to provide instruction in subjects
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371	371	7. Complies with all state laws relating to general regulation
372	372	of private schools; and
373	373	8. Adheres to the tenets of its published disciplinar y
374	374	procedures prior to the expulsion of a student.
375	375	D. Upon approval of a private school, the State Department of
376	376	Education shall provide on its website all information and material
377	377	submitted by the private school with its applicat ion. Students
378	378	transferring pursuant to this section shall comply with the
379	379	following:
380	380	1. The parent or legal guardian shall select the private school
381	381	from the schools approved pursuant to subsection C of t his section
382	382	and apply for the admission of the chi ld;
383	383	2. The parent or lega l guardian shall request the transfer
384	384	allowance no later than December 1 of the school year during which
385	385	the transfer allowance is requested;
386	386	3. Any student receiving a transfer a llowance pursuant to this
387	387	section shall attend the school throughout the sch ool year, unless
388	388	excused by the school for illness or ot her good cause, and shall
389	389	comply fully with the code of conduct for the school;
390	390	4. The parent or legal guardian shall fully comply with the
391	391	parental involvement requirements of the private school, un less
392	392	excused by the school for illness or other good cau se; and
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444	444	5. Upon issuance of a transfer allowance, the parent or leg al
445	445	guardian to whom the allowance is made shall restrict ively endorse
446	446	the funds to the private school for deposit into the account o f the
447	447	private school. The parent or legal guardian may not designate any
448	448	entity or individual associated with the private s chool as the
449	449	attorney in fact for the parent or legal gu ardian to endorse an
450	450	allowance. A parent or legal guardian who fails to com ply with this
451	451	paragraph shall forfeit the transfer allow ance.
452	452	E. Provisions governing payment of a transfer allowance shall
453	453	be as follows:
454	454	1. The State Department of Education sh all calculate the total
455	455	cost of all transfer allow ances for all eligible stu dents in the
456	456	state. The State Department of Education s hall then reserve or
457	457	retain from the total amount appropriated to th e State Board of
458	458	Education for State Aid purposes and an y other revenue available for
459	459	allocation for State Aid purposes the total co st for all transfer
460	460	allowance payments;
461	461	2. The maximum transfer allowance granted for an eligible
462	462	student shall be a calcul ated amount equivalent to the total State
463	463	Aid factors for the applicable school year multiplied by the gra de
464	464	and disability weights, if applicable, generated by that student for
465	465	the applicable school year. The maximum transfer allowance amount
466	466	shall be calculated by the State Board of Education for each year
467	467	the student receives a transfer allowance;
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519	519	3. The amount of the transfer all owance shall be the amount
520	520	calculated in paragraph 2 of this subsection or the amount of
521	521	tuition and fees for the private sc hool, whichever is less, minus up
522	522	to two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the transfer allowance
523	523	amount which may be retained by the State Department of Education as
524	524	a fee for administrati ve services rendered. The amount of the
525	525	transfer allowance shall be prorated to reflect the number of days
526	526	remaining in the current school year if the transfer allowance
527	527	request is granted after the beginning of the school year;
528	528	4. The State Department of Education shall notify the private
529	529	school of the amount of the tr ansfer allowance within ten (10) days
530	530	after receiving the request for a transfer allowance, when the total
531	531	State Aid factors have be en determined for the current fiscal year.
532	532	The initial payment shall be made after the Department verifies
533	533	admission acceptance and enrollment. Quarterly payments shall be
534	534	made upon verification of continued enrollment and attend ance at the
535	535	private school. Payment shall be made by the Department with an
536	536	individual warrant made payable to the parent or legal guardian of
537	537	the student and mailed by the Department to the private school that
538	538	the parent or legal guardian chooses. The p arent or legal guardian
539	539	shall restrictively endorse the warrant to the private sc hool for
540	540	deposit into the account of the private school;
541	541	5. The State Department of Education shall require an annual,
542	542	notarized, sworn compliance statement by participating private
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594	594	schools certifying compliance with state laws and shall retain all
595	595	records received from a participating private school. The State
596	596	Department of Education shall post on its website the annual
597	597	compliance statement for each participating private sch ool; and
598	598	6. The State Department of Education shall cross -check the list
599	599	of participating students with the public school enrollments prior
600	600	to each transfer allowance payment to avoid duplication.
601	601	F. The State Board of Education shall deny, suspend , or revoke
602	602	the approval of a private school granted in subsection C of this
603	603	section if it is determined that the private school has failed to
604	604	comply with the provisions of this section.
605	605	G. No liability shall ar ise on the part of the state, the State
606	606	Board of Education, the State Dep artment of Education , or a school
607	607	district based on the award or use of any transfer allowance
608	608	provided pursuant to this secti on.
609	609	H. The inclusion of private schools within options a vailable to
610	610	public school students in Oklahoma sha ll not expand the regul atory
611	611	authority of the state or any school district to i mpose any
612	612	additional regulation of private schools beyond those reason ably
613	613	necessary to enforce the requirements expressly set forth in this
614	614	section.
615	615	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
616	616	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
617	617	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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669	669	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
670	670	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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