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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 11, 2021
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 54 By: Montgomery of the Senate
and
Pae of the House
An Act relating to schools; providing definition;
directing the State Department o f Education beginning
in certain school year to designate a school district
campus as a Purple Star Campus; providing eligibility
criteria; providing for promulgation of rules;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 510.3 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in num bering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section, “military-connected student” means
a student enrolled in a public school who is a dependent of a
current or former member of :
1. The United States military;
2. The Oklahoma National Guard; or
3. A reserve force of the United S tates military.
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B. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the State
Department of Education sha ll designate a school district campus as
a Purple Star Campus if the campus applies and qualifies for the
designation pursuant to th is section.
C. To qualify as a Purple Star Campus, a school district or
individual campus shall:
1. Designate a school employee as a military liaison whose
duties include:
a. identifying military -connected students e nrolled at
the campus,
b. serving as the point of contact between the campus and
military-connected students and their families,
c. determining appropriate campus services available to
military-connected students, and
d. assisting in coordinating campus programs relevant to
military-connected students;
2. Maintain on the campus website an easily accessible web page
that includes resources for military-connected students and their
families including information regarding:
a. relocation to, enrollment at, registration at and
transferring records to the campus,
b. academic planning, course sequences and advanced
classes available at th e campus,
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c. counseling and other support services available for
military-connected students enrolled at the campus,
and
d. the military liaison and his or her dutie s designated
pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection;
3. Maintain a transition program led by students, where
appropriate, that assists military-connected students in
transitioning into the campus;
4. Offer professional development for school employee s on
issues related to milit ary-connected students; and
5. Offer at least one of the following initiatives:
a. a resolution showing support for military-connected
students and their f amilies,
b. recognition of the Month of the Military Child or
Military Family Month with releva nt events hosted by
the campus, or
c. a partnership with a local military installation that
provides opportunities for active duty military
members to volunteer at the campus, speak at an
assembly or host a field trip.
D. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this secti on.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effectiv e November 1, 2021.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
February 11, 2021 - DO PASS AS AMENDED