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30		-	~~2nd~~ Session of the 58th Legislature (~~2022~~)
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32		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
33		-	FOR ENGROSSED
34		-	SENATE BILL NO. 784 By: Bullard of the Senate
	35	+	ENGROSSED SENATE
	36	+	BILL NO. 784 By: Bullard of the Senate
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	45	+	An Act relating to law enforcement training; amending
	46	+	70 O.S. 2011, Section 3311.12, which relates to law
	47	+	enforcement youth camps; modifying allowable
	48	+	programs; authorizing certain rule making; and
	49	+	providing an effective date .
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46		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	53	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
	54	+	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 3311.12, is
	55	+	amended to read as follows:
	56	+	Section 3311.12. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and
	57	+	Training (CLEET) is authorized to establish and host law enforcement
	58	+	youth camps at the CLEET statewide train ing facility develop a
	59	+	statewide law enforcement and public safety youth program designed
	60	+	for high school students. CLEET is authorized to promulgate rules
	61	+	to effectuate the provisions of this section .
	62	+	SECTION 2. This act shall become eff ective November 1, 2021.
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48		-	An Act relating to education; creating the Oklahoma
49		-	Education Commission; setting expiration date of
50		-	Commission; providing for membership; requiring
51		-	organizational meeting by certain date; directing
52		-	certain members to serve as chair and vice-chair;
53		-	requiring approval of qu orum for final action;
54		-	specifying quorum requirement; providing for
55		-	frequency of meetings; prescribing duties of
56		-	Commission; subjecting meetings to the Oklahoma Open
57		-	Meeting Act; prohibiting compensation or travel
58		-	reimbursement for members; providing for sta ff
59		-	support; requiring submission of certain report by
60		-	certain date; permitting certain complaints to be
61		-	filed with the Attorney General's Office of Civil
62		-	Rights Enforcement; authorizing Office to receive,
63		-	investigate, hear, and issue orders on complaints;
64		-	allowing Office to initiate certain periodic
65		-	compliance reviews; grant ing broad discretion to set
66		-	parameters for reviews; authorizing Office to conduct
67		-	directed investigation in certain circumstances;
68		-	amending 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1501 , which relates to
69		-	the powers of the Attorney General's Office of Civil
70		-	Rights Enforcement; modifying powers of the Office ;
71		-	providing for codification; and providing an
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101		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
102		-	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
103		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-201 of Title 70, unless there
104		-	is created a duplication in numbering , reads as follows:
105		-	A. There is hereby created until November 1, 2027, the Oklahoma
106		-	Education Commission.
107		-	B. The Commission shall consist of fifteen (15) members to be
108		-	appointed as follows:
109		-	1. A member of the Oklahoma House of Representative s shall be
110		-	appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives;
111		-	2. A member of the Oklahoma Stat e Senate shall be appointed by
112		-	the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate;
113		-	3. The Director of the Department of Corrections, or his or her
114		-	designee;
115		-	4. Four members with expertise in online and educational
116		-	innovation shall be appointed by t he Chancellor of Higher Education,
117		-	one of whom shall be a representative of the Oklahoma State Regents
118		-	for Higher Education , one of whom shall be a representative of a
119		-	research institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
120		-	Education, one of whom shall be a representative of regional
121		-	institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education,
122		-	and one of whom shall be a representative of a community college
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151		-	classroom instruction and learning or educational innovation shall
152		-	be appointed by the S uperintendent of Public Instruction , one of
153		-	whom shall represent the State Department of Education, one of whom
154		-	shall be a school district administrator, one of whom shall be a
155		-	classroom certified teacher, and one of whom shall be a high school
156		-	student; and
157		-	6. Four members with expertise in effective approaches to
158		-	career and technology education instruction and learning or
159		-	educational innovati on shall be appointed by the Director of the
160		-	Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education , one of whom
161		-	shall represent the Oklahoma Department of Caree r and Technology
162		-	Education, one of whom shall be an administrator of a state
163		-	technology center school or college, one of whom shall be a
164		-	certified teacher at a state technology center school or college,
165		-	and one shall be a student enrolled at a state techno logy center
166		-	school or college.
167		-	C. The Commission shall hold an organizational meeting not
168		-	later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act .
169		-	The member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall serve as
170		-	chair of the Commission and the member of the Oklahoma State Senate
171		-	shall serve as vice-chair. A quorum of the membership of the
172		-	Commission shall be required to approve any final action of the
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199		-	Commission. For purposes of this section, eight members shall
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201		-	D. The Commission may meet as often as required to perform the
202		-	duties imposed upon it, but shall meet at least quarterly.
203		-	E. The Commission shall engage multiple stakeholders in
204		-	research, evaluation, and information shar ing to conduct a study on
205		-	how to improve the quality of instruction and learning through
206		-	distance and remote modalities. Topic areas of the s tudy shall
207		-	include, but are not limited to:
208		-	1. Support infrastructure;
209		-	2. Open education resources;
210		-	3. Compliance with the federal Americans with Disabili ties Act;
211		-	4. Professional development; and
212		-	5. Modality research.
213		-	F. The Commission shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting
214		-	Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
215		-	G. Members of the Commission shall not receive compensation or
216		-	travel reimbursement.
217		-	H. The Oklahoma House of Representatives shall provide staff
218		-	and administrative support f or the Commission.
219		-	I. The Commission shall submit a report of its findings and
220		-	recommendations no later than November 1, 2027, to the Governor, the
221		-	President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker
222		-	of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
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250		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9001 of Title 70, unless there
251		-	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
252		-	A. A complaint of an education civil rights violation or
253		-	discrimination may be filed with the Attorney General's Office of
254		-	Civil Rights Enforcement by anyone who believes that a public school
255		-	or institution of higher education in this state has discriminated
256		-	against someone on the basis of race, color , national origin,
257		-	religion, sex, age, genetic information, or disability.
258		-	B. The Office shall be authorized to receive, investigate,
259		-	hear, and issue orders on, complaints of discrimination or other
260		-	education civil rights violations filed pursuant to subsection A of
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262		-	C. The Office may initiate periodic compliance reviews to
263		-	assess the practices of public schools or institutions of higher
264		-	education to determine whether they comply with the laws and
265		-	regulations enforced by the Office. The Office , under the direction
266		-	of the Attorney General, shall have broad discr etion to determine
267		-	the substantive issues for review and the number and frequency of
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269		-	D. In appropriate circumstances, the Office may conduct a
270		-	directed investigation when information indicates a possible failure
271		-	to comply with the laws and regulations enforced by the Office, the
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300		-	or technical assistance activ ities of the Office.
301		-	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1501, is
302		-	amended to read as follows:
303		-	Section 1501. A. Within the limitations provided by law, the
304		-	Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement has the
305		-	following additional powers:
306		-	1. To promote the creation of local comm issions on human
307		-	rights, and to contract with individuals and state, lo cal and other
308		-	agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the federal
309		-	government and of other states;
310		-	2. To accept public grants or private gifts, bequests, or other
311		-	payments;
312		-	3. To receive, investigate, seek to conciliate, hold hearings
313		-	on, and pass upon complaints alleging violations of Section 1101 et
314		-	seq. of this title;
315		-	4. To furnish technical assistan ce requested by persons subject
316		-	to this act to further compliance w ith Section 1101 et seq. of this
317		-	title or an order issued thereunder;
318		-	5. To make provisions for technical and clerical assistance to
319		-	an advisory committee or committees appointed in accord ance with
320		-	paragraph (b) of Section 953 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
321		-	6. To require answers to interrogatories, under the procedur es
322		-	established by Section 3233 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
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351		-	with complaints filed under Section 1101 et seq. of this title, said
352		-	powers to be exercised only in relation to areas directly and
353		-	materially related to the complaint;
354		-	7. To hear, and issue orders on, complaints involving state
355		-	government agencies and departments , including public schools and
356		-	institutions of higher education in accordance with Section 2 of
357		-	this act, on the same basis as complaints involving private
358		-	employers; and
359		-	8. To provide technical assistance and public information to
360		-	assist in preventing and eliminating discriminatory housing
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362		-	9. To promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions
363		-	of Section 1101 et seq. of this title.
364		-	B. The Attorney General shall:
365		-	1. At least annually, publish a written report recommending
366		-	legislative or other action to carry out the purpos es of Section
367		-	1101 et seq. of this title as it relates to housing discrimination;
368		-	2. Make studies relating to the nat ure and extent of
369		-	discriminatory housing practices in this state; and
370		-	3. Cooperate with and, as appropriate, may provide technical
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400		-	SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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	64	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, dated 04/06/2021 -
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