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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 238 By: Pemberton of the Senate
and
Nollan of the House
An Act relating to schools; creating a task force to
study and make recommendations regarding a
requirement for high school students to complete
certain application prior to graduation; providing
expiration date; providing for membership; providing
for naming of co-chairs; requiring appointments by
certain date; requiring organizational meeting by
certain date; specifying quorum; providing for
frequency of meetings; subjecting meetings to the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; prohibiting compensation
or travel reimbursement for members; providing for
staff support; requi ring submission of certain report
by certain date; providing for codification;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of l aw to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11 -112 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created until December 31, 20 21, a task
force to study whether to require high school studen ts to complete
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the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as a
prerequisite for high school graduation.
B. The task force shall be comprised of nine (9) members to be
appointed as follows:
1. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction or a
designee;
2. The Chancellor of Higher Education or a designee;
3. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and
Technology Education or a designee;
4. One member who represents an institution within The Oklahoma
State System of Higher Education, appointed by the Chancellor of
Higher Education;
5. One member who represents a school district with an average
daily membership (ADM) of more than nine thousand (9,000), appointed
by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction;
6. One member who rep resents a school district with an ADM of
more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) but less than nine
thousand (9,000), appointed by the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction;
7. One member who represents a school district with an ADM of
less than one thousand five hundred (1,500), appointed by the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction;
8. One member of the Senate, appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate; and
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9. One member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
C. The co-chairs of the task force shall be the member of the
Senate and the member of the House of Representatives.
D. Appointments to the task force shall be made within thirty
(30) days after the effective date of thi s act. The task force
shall conduct an organizational meeting not later than September 1,
2021.
E. A quorum of the task force shall be required to approve any
final action of the task force. For purposes of this section, five
members shall constitute a quorum.
F. The task force may meet as often as may be required to
perform the duties imposed upon it.
G. The meetings of the task force shall be subject to the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
H. Members of the task force shall receive no compensation or
travel reimbursement.
I. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the
Senate shall provide staff and administrative support for the task
force.
J. The task force shall submit a report of its findings and
recommendations by December 31, 202 1, to the Governor, the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREER TECH,
dated 03/30/2021 - DO PASS.