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28		-	ENGROSSED HOUSE
29		-	BILL NO. 2009 By: Davis and Lowe (Dick) of
30		-	the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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34		-	Stephens of the Senate
	33	+	1st Session of the 59 th Legislature (2023)
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	35	+	HOUSE BILL 2009 By: Davis
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42	43		An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
43	44		Section 3-104.4, which relates to standards f or
44	45		accreditation; modifyi ng date to provide report on
45	46		statewide class sizes; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
46	47		Sections 18-113.1 and 18-113.2, which relate to class
47	48		size limitations; decreasing certain class size
48	49		limits; raising certain class size limits; providing
49	50		stipend for teachers with classes that fail to comply
50	51		with class size limitations; providing for
51	52		codification; providing an effective date; and
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58	59		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
59	60		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-104.4, is
60	61		amended to read as follows:
61	62		Section 3-104.4 A. The State Board of Education shall adopt
62	63		standards for the accredita tion of the public schools in this state
63	64		according to the requirements of Sectio n 3-104.3 et seq. of this
64	65		title, to be effective as set forth in Section 3-104.3 et seq. of
65	66		this title. The accreditation standards shall incorporate the
66	67		curricular standards established pursuant to Section 11 -103.6 of
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93	95		this title. The accreditation stand ards shall equal or exceed
94	96		nationally recognized accreditation standards to the extent that the
95	97		standards are consistent with an academic results oriented approach
96	98		to accreditation. The accreditation adopted by the State Board
97	99		shall encompass accreditatio n for elementary schools, middle
98	100		schools, junior high schools, and high schools. The accreditation
99	101		standards shall be made available for public inspection at the
100	102		offices of the State Department of Education.
101	103		B. Standards for accreditation adopted by the State Board of
102	104		Education shall include standards relating to the provision of
103	105		school counselors to the public school children of this state. The
104	106		State Board of Education shall require each local school district to
105	107		provide information regarding the number of counselors serving each
106	108		school site, the duties of all such counselors including all
107	109		administrative duties, the number of students served by each
108	110		counselor, and information regarding the number of counselors
109	111		employed per elementary school, middle school , junior high school
110	112		and high school.
111	113		C. Except as otherwise provided, schools shall meet the
112	114		accreditation standards as a condition of continued accreditation.
113	115		Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing changes to the
114	116		adopted standards by the State Board of Education pursuant to the
115	117		Administrative Procedures Act. The accreditation standards shall
116	118		provide for warnings, probation or nonaccredited status for schools
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143	146		that fail to meet the standards. The Department shall investigate a
144	147		complaint of failure to provide educational servi ces or failure to
145	148		comply with accreditation standards within thirty (30) days of
146	149		receiving the complaint. If the Department determines that a s chool
147	150		has failed to comply with the accreditation standards, the
148	151		Department shall report the recommended warning , probation or
149	152		nonaccredited accreditation status to the State Board of Education
150	153		within ninety (90) days. If a school does not take action to comply
151	154		with the accreditation standards within ninety (90) days after a
152	155		report is filed by the Department, the B oard shall withdraw
153	156		accreditation for the school. The State Board accreditation
154	157		regulations shall provide for warnings and for assistance to sc hools
155	158		and school districts whenever there is reason to believe a school is
156	159		in danger of losing its state accredi tation.
157	160		D. If one or more school sites fail to receive accreditation as
158	161		required pursuant to this section or subsequently lose
159	162		accreditation, the State Board of Education shall close the school
160	163		and reassign the students to accredited schools within the di strict
161	164		or shall annex the district to one or more other districts in which
162	165		the students can be educated in accredited schools.
163	166		E. Standards for accreditation adopted by the State Board of
164	167		Education shall include standards r elating to the provision of
165	168		educational services provided in partial hospitalization programs,
166	169		day treatment programs, day hospital programs, residential treatment
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193	197		programs and emergency shelter programs for persons between the ages
194	198		of three (3) and twenty -one (21) years of age. The acc reditation
195	199		standards shall apply to on-site and off-site educational services
196	200		provided by public school districts or state-accredited private
197	201		schools. Each school which is providing or is required to provide
198	202		educational services for students placed in a p rogram as described
199	203		in this subsection shall be actively monitored by the State
200	204		Department of Education. The Department shall determine on an
201	205		ongoing basis if the educational program and services are in
202	206		compliance with the accreditation standards.
203	207		F. The State Board shall provide assistance to districts in
204	208		considering the possibility of meeting accreditation requirements
205	209		through the use of nontr aditional means of instruction. The State
206	210		Board shall also assist districts in forming cooperatives and making
207	211		arrangements for the use of satellite instruction or other
208	212		instructional technologies to the extent that use of such
209	213		instructional means meets a ccreditation standards.
210	214		G. 1. Accreditation shall not be withdrawn from or den ied nor
211	215		shall a penalty be asses sed against a school or school district for
212	216		failing to meet the media materials and equipment standards, media
213	217		program expenditure standards and media personnel standards as set
214	218		forth in the accreditation standards adopted b y the Board.
215	219		2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall cease
216	220		to be effective during the fiscal year which begins on the July 1
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243	248		immediately succeeding the legis lative session during which the
244	249		measure appropriating monies to the State Board of Education for the
245	250		financial support of public schools is enacted as law and such
246	251		appropriation amount is at least Fifty Million Dollars
247	252		($50,000,000.00) greater than the amo unt of money appropriated to
248	253		the State Board of Education for the financial supp ort of public
249	254		schools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, pursuant to
250	255		Chapter 146, O.S.L. 2018. Provided, the Fifty Million Dollars
251	256		($50,000,000.00) shall not include an y amount of appropriations
252	257		dedicated for support or certified employee salary in creases.
253	258		Accreditation shall no t be withdrawn from or denied nor shall a
254	259		penalty be assessed against a school or school district for failing
255	260		to meet the media personnel standa rds as set forth in accreditation
256	261		standards adopted by the Board.
257	262		H. 1. The State Board shall not assess a fin ancial penalty
258	263		against any school district which is given a deficiency in
259	264		accreditation status during any fiscal year as provided for in this
260	265		subsection.
261	266		2. Beginning with the fiscal year which begins July 1, 2021, if
262	267		the amount of money appropriated to t he State Board of Education for
263	268		the financial support of public schools including funds apportioned
264	269		pursuant to Section 2 of this act, is at least One Hundred Million
265	270		Dollars ($100,000,000.00) greater than the amount of mone y
266	271		appropriated to the Stat e Board of Education for the financial
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293	299		support of public schools for the fiscal year e nding June 30, 2019,
294	300		pursuant to Chapter 146, O.S.L. 2018, a financial penalty shall be
295	301		assessed against any school districts that do not comply with the
296	302		class size limitations for kindergarten as provided for in Section
297	303		18-113.2 of this title and class si ze limitations for grade one as
298	304		provided for in subse ction A of Section 18-113.1 of this title.
299	305		Provided, the One Hundred Million Dollars ($100 ,000,000.00) shall
300	306		not include any amount of appropriations dedicated for support or
301	307		certified employee salary i ncreases.
302	308		3. The State Department of Education shall submit a report on
303	309		statewide classroom class sizes to the President Pro Tempore of the
304	310		Oklahoma State Senate and the Speak er of the Oklahoma House of
305	311		Representatives no later than January 1, 2022 2024, and for each
306	312		year thereafter.
307	313		I. Except as provided for in subsection J of this section,
308	314		beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, evaluations of schools to
309	315		determine whether they meet the accreditation standar ds set forth in
310	316		accordance with this section shall occur once every four (4) years
311	317		on a schedule adopted by the State Board of Education. The Board
312	318		may interrupt the evaluation schedule pr ovided in this subsection
313	319		for reasons including a change in the sup erintendent of the school
314	320		district; determination that one or more school district b oard
315	321		members have not met the continuing education requ irements as
316	322		defined by this title; determination t hat the school district
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343	350		falsified information submitted to any publ ic city, county, state or
344	351		federal official or agency; initiation of an investigation by the
345	352		Board or a law enforcement agency; or other det ermination by the
346	353		Board that standards for accredi tation are not being met by the
347	354		school district. The schedule adop ted by the Board shall allow for
348	355		school districts receiving no deficiencies for two (2) consecutive
349	356		years to be reviewed for accreditation less than annually.
350	357		Provided, however, that schoo ls shall be evaluated annually f or the
351	358		purposes of:
352	359		1. Local, state and federal funding;
353	360		2. Health and safety;
354	361		3. Certification requirements for teachers, principals and
355	362		superintendents;
356	363		4. School board governance, including instructional and
357	364		continuing education requirements for sch ool board members; and
358	365		5. Any other requirements under state or fede ral law.
359	366		J. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, if a public school
360	367		receives a deficiency on its ac creditation report, the public school
361	368		shall be evaluated annually to determine if it meets the
362	369		accreditation standard s set forth in accordance with thi s section.
363	370		If the public school receives no deficiencies for two (2)
364	371		consecutive years, the public schoo l shall be subject to the
365	372		evaluation timeline esta blished in subsection I of this section.
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392	400		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 18 -113.1, is
393	401		amended to read as follows:
394	402		Section 18-113.1 A. The provisions of t his subsection shall
395	403		apply only to grades one through three.
396	404		1. Except as otherwise provided f or in this section, no child
397	405		shall be included in the average daily member ship of a school
398	406		district for the purpose of computing and paying state -appropriated
399	407		funds if that child is regularly assigned to a teacher or to a cl ass
400		-	that includes more than twenty (20) students.
	408	+	that includes more than twenty (20) eighteen (18) students.
401	409		2. If a class or classes in a grade exceed the class si ze
402	410		limitation provided for in this subsection, the class size
403	411		limitation and penalty shall not apply if:
404	412		a. the creation of an additiona l class would cause a
405	413		class to have fewer than ten (10) students ;, and
406	414		b. a teacher's assistant, as defined in Section 6 -127 of
407	415		this title, is employed to serve with each teacher in
408	416		a class that exceeds the class size limitation
409	417		provided for in this subsec tion.
410	418		3. No school district sha ll be penalized for exceeding class
411	419		size limitations set forth in this subsection if the limitations are
412	420		exceeded beginning after the first nine (9) weeks of the school
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440	449		4. Any school district found to be in violation of the
441	450		provisions of this subsec tion shall receive a penalty in the State
442	451		Aid formula as a reduction to State Aid to be deter mined as follows:
443	452		a. Multiply multiply each pupil in excess of the class
444	453		size membership limit as provided in this subsection
445	454		by the grade level weight and by the Base Foundation
446	455		Support Level for the current school year, and
447	456		b. Multiply multiply each pupil in excess of the class
448	457		size membership limit as provided in this subse ction
449	458		by the grade level weight and by the Incentive Aid
450	459		guarantee for the current school y ear times twenty
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452	461		c. Sum sum the products of subparagraphs a and b of this
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454	463		B. The provisions o f this subsection shall apply only to grades
455	464		four through six.
456	465		1. Except as otherwise provided for in this s ection, no child
457	466		shall be included in the average daily membership of a school
458	467		district for the purpose of computing and paying state -appropriated
459	468		funds if that child is regularly assigned to a tea cher or to a class
460		-	that includes more than twenty (20) twenty-~~four~~ (24) students.
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461	470		2. If a class or classes in a grade exceed the class size
462	471		limitation provided for in this subsection, the class size
463	472		limitation and penalty shall not apply if the creation of an
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490	500		additional class would cause a class to have fewer than sixteen (16)
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492	502		3. No school district shall be penalized for exceeding class
493	503		size limitations set forth in this subsection if the limitations are
494	504		exceeded beginning after the first nine (9 ) weeks of the school
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496	506		4. Any school district found to be in violation of the
497	507		provisions of this subsection shall receive a penalty in the State
498	508		Aid formula as a reduction to State Aid to be determined as follows:
499	509		a. Multiply multiply each pupil in excess of the class
500	510		size membership limit as provided in th is subsection
501	511		by the grade level weight and by the Base Foundation
502	512		Support Level for the current school year, and
503	513		b. Multiply multiply each pupil in excess of the class
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505	515		by the grade level weight and by t he Incentive Aid
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508	518		c. Sum sum the products of subparagraphs a and b of this
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510	520		C. Classes in the following subjects s hall not be subject to
511	521		the class size limitations provided for in subse ctions A and B of
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513	523		1. Physical education; and
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541	552		D. If a school district groups its grades as grades one through
542	553		five, grades six through eight, and grades nine through twelve, then
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544	555		shall apply to grades four and five rather than grades four through
545	556		six, and the provisions of Section 18 -113.3 of this title shall
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547	558		E. Any violations of the pr ovisions of this section shall
548	559		result in denial of accreditation in accordance with the
549	560		requirements of Section 3 -104.4 of this title.
550	561		F. Any school district which at the beginning of the school
551	562		year does not have sufficient classrooms to meet the class s ize
552	563		limitation provided for in t his section as determined by guidelines
553	564		established by the State Board of Education shall not be penalized
554	565		for failure to meet the class size limitations provided for in this
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556	567		a. the school district has voted inde btedness, at any
557	568		time within the five (5) years preceding the year the
558	569		district exceeds the class size limitations or during
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560	571		limitations, through the issuance of bonds or approval
561	572		by voters of issuance of new bo nds for more than
562	573		eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum allowable
563	574		pursuant to the provisions of Section 26 of Article X
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590	602		of the Oklahoma Constitution as shown on the school
591	603		district budget filed with the State Equalization
592	604		Board for the current school ye ar and certifications
593	605		by the Attorney General prior to February 1 of the
594	606		current school year;, and
595	607		b. on the date of filing of the school district budget
596	608		with the State Equalization Boar d, the school district
597	609		is voting the maximum millage allowable for the
598	610		support, maintenance and constr uction of schools as
599	611		provided for in subsections (a), (c), (d) and (d -1) of
600	612		Section 9 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution
601	613		and Section 10 of Article X of the Oklahoma
602	614		Constitution.
603	615		G. Any school district which exceeds the class size limitations
604	616		as set forth in this section shall submit a written report to the
605	617		State Board of Education, on or before July 1 of each year, setting
606	618		forth the procedures that the district will follow in order to
607	619		comply with this section.
608	620		H. School districts which receive sta te-appropriated funds
609	621		pursuant to the provisions of Section 18 -112.2 of this title and do
610	622		not comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to
611	623		loss of State Aid for each child in excess of the class size
612	624		limitations specified in this section.
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639	652		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 18 -113.2, is
640	653		amended to read as follows:
641	654		Section 18-113.2 A. The provisions of this section s hall apply
642	655		only to kindergarten.
643	656		1. No child shall be inc luded in the average daily membe rship
644	657		of a school district for the purpose of com puting and paying state -
645	658		appropriated funds if that child is regularly assigned to a teacher
646	659		or to a class that includ es more than twenty (20) eighteen (18)
647	660		students.
648	661		2. If a class or classes in a grade exce ed the class size
649	662		limitation provided for in this subsection, t he class size
650	663		limitation and penalty shall not apply if:
651	664		a. the creation of an additional class would c ause a
652	665		class to have fewer than ten (10) students ;, and
653	666		b. a teacher's assistant, as defin ed in Section 6-127 of
654	667		this title, is employed to serve with eac h teacher in
655	668		a class that exceeds the class size limitation
656	669		provided for in this subsection.
657	670		3. No school district shall be penalized for exceeding class
658	671		size limitations set forth in this se ction if the limitations are
659	672		exceeded beginning after the first nine (9) weeks of the school
660	673		year.
661	674		4. Any school district which at the beginning of the school
662	675		year does not have sufficient classrooms to meet the class size
663	676
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689	703		limitation provided for in this section as determined by guidelines
690	704		established by the State Boa rd of Education shall not be penalized
691	705		for failure to meet the class size limitations provided for in this
692	706		section if:
693	707		a. the school district has voted indebted ness, at any
694	708		time within the five (5) years preceding the year the
695	709		district exceeds the class si ze limitations or during
696	710		the year the district exceeds the class size
697	711		limitations, through the issuanc e of bonds or approval
698	712		by voters of issuance of new bonds for more than
699	713		eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum allowable
700	714		pursuant to the provisions of S ection 26 of Article X
701	715		of the Oklahoma Constitution as shown on the school
702	716		district budget filed with the State Equalization
703	717		Board for the current school year a nd certifications
704	718		by the Attorney General prior to February 1 of the
705	719		current school year; , and
706	720		b. on the date of filing of the school district budget
707	721		with the State Equalization Board, the school dis trict
708	722		is voting the maximum millage allowable for the
709	723		support, maintenance and construct ion of schools as
710	724		provided for in subsections (a), (c), (d) and (d -1) of
711	725		Section 9 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution
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738	753		and Section 10 of Article X of the Oklahoma
739	754		Constitution.
740	755		5. Any school district found to be in vi olation of the
741	756		provisions of this subsection shall receive a penalty in the State
742	757		Aid formula as a reduction to State Aid to be determined as follows:
743	758		a. Multiply multiply each pupil in excess of the class
744	759		size membership limit as provided in this subsecti on
745	760		by the grade level weight and by the Base Foundation
746	761		Support Level for the current school year, and
747	762		b. Multiply multiply each pupil in excess of the class
748	763		size membership limit as provided in this subsection
749	764		by the grade level weight and by the Incentiv e Aid
750	765		guarantee for the current school year times twenty
751	766		(20), and
752	767		c. Sum sum the products of subparagraphs a and b of t his
753	768		paragraph.
754	769		B. Any violations of the provisions of this section shall
755	770		result in denial of accredit ation in accordance with the
756	771		requirements of Section 3 -104.4 of this title.
757	772		C. School districts which receive state -appropriated funds
758	773		pursuant to the provisions of Section 18 -112.2 of this title and do
759	774		not comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to
760	775		loss of State Aid for each child in excess of the c lass size
761	776		limitations specified in this section.
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788	804		SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
789	805		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 18-113.6 of Title 70, unless
790	806		there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
791		-	A. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and each school
792		-	~~year~~ thereafter, a school district shall pay a teacher a stipend of
793		-	~~One~~ Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) per extra
794		-	~~student,~~ with a maximum stipend of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00)
795		-	~~if the~~ teacher is responsible for the instruction of class that
796		-	~~fails to~~ comply with the class size limitations as provided for in
	807	+	Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and each school year
	808	+	thereafter, a school district shall pay a teacher a stipend of One
	809	+	Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) per extra student,
	810	+	with a maximum stipend of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) i f the
	811	+	teacher is responsible for the instruction of class that fails to
	812	+	comply with the class size limitations as provided for in
797	813		subsections A of Section 18-113.2, A and B of Section 18-113.1 and C
798	814		of Section 113.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
799		-	B. School districts which pay a teacher stipend as required by
800		-	subsection A of this section, shall not be assess ed a financial
801		-	penalty in the State Aid formula or given a deficiency or denial of
802		-	accreditation status for exceeding the class size limitation s as
803		-	provided in Sections 3-104.4, 18-113.1, and 18-113.2 of Title 70 of
804		-	the Oklahoma Statutes .
805	815		SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
806	816		SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
807	817		of the public peace, heal th or safety, an emergency is hereby
808	818		declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
809	819		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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837		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of March, 2023.
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842		-	Presiding Officer of th e House
843		-	of Representatives
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	821	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 02/22/2023
	822	+	- DO PASS.