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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 437 By: Bergstrom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to students; amending Section 1,
Chapter 61, O.S.L. 2017 (70 O.S. S upp. 2020, Section
11-107.1), which relates to reme diation courses for
high school students; requiring rather than allowing
school districts to provide remediation courses for
students who score below c ertain benchmarks on
certain exams; allowing certain types of remediation;
providing for promulgation of rules; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 61, O.S .L. 2017
(70 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 11 -107.1), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 11-107.1. A. Each Beginning with the 2021 -2022 school
year, each school district in this state may offer a shall provide
remediation course courses for high school students who score below
a nineteen (19) on the benchmarks on subject-area portions of the
American College Testing (ACT ) exam or below an equivalent score
scores on the SAT exam in the most recent year for which student
performance data is available.
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B. Remediation required by subsection A of this section may
include but is not limited to:
1. Extended instructional time during the school day;
2. A summer academy;
3. Tutoring;
4. Online coursework;
5. Repetition of an y course in which the student has
demonstrated academic deficiency by scoring below the benchmarks in
subject-area portions of the ACT or SAT; or
6. Other supplementary services.
C. Nothing in subsection A of this section shall be construed
to require that a teacher providing instruction i n the remediation
course be certified in any subjec t matter that is tested on the ACT
or SAT exam.
D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effectiv e 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 thi s act shall take effec t and
be in full force from and afte r its passage and approval.
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