Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1938 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1938 By: McCall
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to schools; directing board of
41	41	education to adopt a policy for accepting coursework
42	42	credits completed elsewhere; requiring specific and
43	43	adequate notice of the policy; mandating board to
44	44	accept certain credits and grades; permitting
45	45	reasonable timelines and documentation for
46	46	determination; providing meth ods for student to earn
47	47	credit in certain cases; requiring n otification if
48	48	credit is denied by the board; authorizing student to
49	49	appeal denial to the State Board of Education;
50	50	providing timing for notification and appeal ;
51	51	prescribing process for appeal; directing Board to
52	52	collect and publish information on its website about
53	53	each board's policy; providing for codification;
54	54	providing an effective date; and declaring an
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60	60	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF T HE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
61	61	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
62	62	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-100 of Title 70, unless there
63	63	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
64	64	A. A school district board of education shall adopt a written
65	65	policy, at a public meeting, establishing the process and standards
66	66	for acceptance and reciprocity of credits for courses completed by a
67	67	student at another school or educational provider . The policy shall
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94	94	include specific and adequate notice to a student and the student's
95	95	parent of all policy requirements an d limitations.
96	96	B. The board shall accept credits and grades for courses
97	97	completed by a student from a school or educational provider
98	98	accredited by an accrediting entity. The policy may set reasonable
99	99	timelines and may require adequate and timely documentation of
100	100	authenticity for credits and grades submitted by a student.
101	101	C. A policy established by the board shall provide various
102	102	methods for a student to earn credit completed at a non-accredited
103	103	source, coursework, or educational provider including:
104	104	1. Satisfaction of coursework by demonstrated competency;
105	105	2. Assessment;
106	106	3. Review of student work or projects; or
107	107	4. Satisfaction of correspondence coursework.
108	108	D. If a board denies a student credit or gra des from a non-
109	109	accredited source, the board shall n otify the student in w riting
110	110	within ten (10) days of the decision. The student or the student's
111	111	parent or legal guardian may appeal the denial to the State Board of
112	112	Education in writing within ten (10) da ys of receiving the denial
113	113	notice. The student or the student's parent or legal guardian may
114	114	present written or verbal evidence to the State Board of Education,
115	115	and the Board shall decide to grant or deny the appeal at its next
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143	143	E. The State Board of Education s hall collect and annually
144	144	publish on its website each board’s policy adopted pursuant to this
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146	146	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
147	147	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservatio n
148	148	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
149	149	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
150	150	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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