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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1770 By: Hasenbeck
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 11-107.1, which relates to remediation
courses for high school students; r equiring school
districts to provide remediation for students who
score below certain benchmarks on the ACT or SAT
exam; allowing certain types of remediation;
authorizing State Board of Education to promulgate
rules; providing an effective date; and decla ring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 11 -107.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-107.1 A. Each Beginning with the 202 3-2024 school
year, each school district in this state may offer a shall provide
remediation course 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 Scholastic Aptitude Test (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 lim ited to:
1. Extended instructional time during the school day;
2. A summer academy;
3. Tutoring;
4. Online coursework;
5. Repetition of any course in which the student has
demonstrated academic deficiency by scoring below the benchmarks in
subject-area portions of the ACT or below equivalent scores on the
SAT; or
6. Any course designed to address areas of deficiency .
C. Nothing in subsection A of this section shall be construed
to require that a teacher providing instruction in the remediation
course be certified in any subject matter that i s 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 effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately n ecessary 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 effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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