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31		-	BILL NO. 1936 By: McCall of the House
	34	+	BILL NO. 1936 By: McCall and Baker of the
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40		-	An Act relating to schools; requiring school
41		-	districts to approve intra-district transfer of
42		-	students; providing an exception if sc hool site has
43		-	reached capacity; directing selection of intra-
44		-	district transfer students if capacity is exceeded;
45		-	authorizing board of education to determine capacity;
46		-	allowing intra-district transfer student to continue
47		-	attendance; authorizing denial of continued intra-
48		-	district transfer; permitting intra-district transfer
49		-	for certain children living in a home ; directing
50		-	board to adopt policy for student capacity; setting
51		-	deadline for adoption of policy; including
52		-	preferential treatment for certain students in
53		-	policy; authorizing inclusion of certain reasons for
54		-	intra-district transfer denial; directing posting of
55		-	policy on district website; requiring determination
56		-	of intra-district capacity to be made by the first
57		-	day of certain months; directing publication on
58		-	school district website; directing submission of
59		-	certain report to the State Department of Education;
60		-	providing for codification; providing an effective
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66		-	AUTHOR: Add the following House Coauthor: Baker
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68		-	AUTHOR: Remove as principal Senate author Treat and substitute as
69		-	principal Senate author Pugh. Retain Treat as Senate
70		-	coauthor. Add the following Senate Coauthors: McCortney,
71		-	Thompson (Kristen), Stanley, Bullard, Haste, Green,
72		-	Seifried, Coleman, Prieto, Bergstrom, Dani els, Rader,
73		-	Newhouse, Garvin, Pederson, and Rogers
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101		-	AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the title, enacting clause and
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105		-	“An Act relating to teachers; requiring certain
106		-	teachers who take and pass certain examination to be
107		-	reimbursed certain amount; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
108		-	Section 6-106.1, which relates to mentor teacher
109		-	stipends; directing the allocation o f funds to school
110		-	districts for certain purpose; directin g a mentor
111		-	teacher to provide certain support to certain
112		-	teachers; providing for codification; providing an
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119		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
120		-	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law t o be codified
121		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-101.9 of Title 70, unless
122		-	there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follo ws:
123		-	A teacher who is certified pursuant to Section 6-122.3 or 6-187
124		-	of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and who, at the request of the
125		-	employing school district, takes a nd passes a subject area
126		-	competency examination required by Section 6-187 of Title 70 of the
127		-	Oklahoma Statutes to earn certification and teach an additional
128		-	subject in the school district shall be reimburs ed by the school
129		-	district. The reimbursement shall be an amount equal to the cost of
130		-	the subject area competency examination.
131		-	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -106.1, is
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159		-	Section 6-106.1. If funds are appropriated to the A. The State
160		-	Board of Education shall allocate funds to school districts for
161		-	Mentor Teacher Stipends, the. The funds shall be distributed by the
162		-	Board to the school districts to provide a stipen d of not more than
163		-	Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per year for each mentor teacher as
164		-	defined in Section 6-182 of this title. In addition to the
165		-	distribution of the five-hundred-dollar stipend, each district shall
166		-	also receive the district’s contribution amount necessary to meet
167		-	the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (F.I.C.A.) r equirements.
168		-	B. A mentor teacher sha ll provide guidance, suppo rt, coaching,
169		-	and assistance to a teacher in his or her first year of teaching at
170		-	an employing school district, rega rdless of the length of time the
171		-	teacher has been certified.
172		-	SECTION 3. This act shall become eff ective July 1, 2023.
173		-	SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
174		-	of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
175		-	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
176		-	be in full force from an d after its passage and approval. ”
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203		-	Passed the Senate the 27th day of April, 2023.
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243		-	ENGROSSED HOUSE
244		-	BILL NO. 1936 By: McCall of the House
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255	45		An Act relating to schools; requiring school
256	46		districts to approve intra-district transfer of
257	47		students; providing an exception if school site has
258	48		reached capacity; directing selection of intra-
259	49		district transfer students if capacity is exceeded;
260	50		authorizing board of education to determine capacity;
261	51		allowing intra-district transfer student to continue
262	52		attendance; authorizing denial of continued intra-
263	53		district transfer; permitting intra-district transfer
264	54		for certain children living in a home ; directing
265	55		board to adopt policy for student capacity; setting
266	56		deadline for adoption of policy; including
267	57		preferential treatment for certain students in
268	58		policy; authorizing inclusion of certain reasons for
269	59		intra-district transfer denial; directing posting of
270	60		policy on district website; requiring determination
271	61		of intra-district capacity to be made by the first
272	62		day of certain months; directing publication on
273	63		school district website; directing submission of
274	64		certain report to the State Department of Education;
275	65		providing for codification; providing an effective
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281	71		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
282		-	SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
283		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8-114 of Title 70, unless there
284		-	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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	99	+	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
	100	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8-114 of Title 70, unless there
	101	+	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
311	102		A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section,
312	103		beginning July 1, 2023, the transfer of a student from one school
313	104		site to another school site within the school district where the
314	105		student resides shall be approved at any time in the year , unless
315	106		the grade level of the receiving school site has reached capacity.
316	107		If the capacity of a grade level is insufficient to enroll all
317	108		eligible students, the school district shall select intra-district
318	109		transfer students based on the preferences outlined in paragraph 1
319	110		of subsection B of this section and then in the order in which the
320	111		intra-district transfer applications were received. The capacity of
321	112		a school site shall be determined by the school district board o f
322	113		education based on its policy adopted pursuant to subsection B of
323	114		this section. A student may be granted a one-year intra-district
324	115		transfer and may automatically continue to attend the school each
325	116		school year to which the student transferred with the ap proval of
326	117		the school district. At the end of each school year, a school
327	118		district may deny continued intra-district transfer of the student
328	119		for the reasons outlined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection B of
329	120		this section. Any sibling of a student who transf ers intra-district
330	121		may attend the school site to which the student transferred, if the
331	122		school district policy gives preference to sibling transfers
332		-	regardless of capacity, and the sibling of the transferred student
333		-	does not meet a basis for denial as outli ned in paragraphs 2 and 3
334		-	of subsection B of this section. Any child in the custody of the
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	150	+	regardless of capacity, and the sibling of the transferred student
	151	+	does not meet a basis for denial as outli ned in paragraphs 2 and 3
	152	+	of subsection B of this section. Any child in the custody of the
361	153		Department of Human Services in fo ster care who is living in the
362	154		home of a student who transfers intra-district, may attend the
363	155		school site to which the student tra nsferred.
364	156		B. Each school district board of education shall adop t a policy
365	157		to determine the number of intra-district transfer students the
366	158		school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for
367	159		each school site within a school district no later than July 1,
368	160		2023. The policy shall be publicly posted on the school district
369	161		website. The policy:
370	162		1. Shall include an enrollment preference and reserve capacity
371	163		for:
372	164		a. students who reside in the school site boundary,
373	165		b. students who attended the school site the prior school
374	166		year, and
375	167		c. siblings of students who are already enrolled at the
376	168		school site;
377	169		2. May include the acts and reasons outlined in Section 24-
378	170		101.3 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes as a basis for denial of
379	171		an intra-district transfer; and
380	172		3. May include a history of absences as a basis for den ial of
381	173		an intra-district transfer. For the purposes of this s ection,
382		-	"history of absences" means ten or more absences in one semester
383		-	that are not excused for the reasons provided in subsection B of
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	201	+	"history of absences" means ten or more absences in one semester
	202	+	that are not excused for the reasons provided in subsection B of
410	203		Section 10-105 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or due to
411	204		illness.
412	205		C. By the first day of January, April, July, and October of
413	206		each year, the school district board of education shall establish
414	207		the number of intra-district transfer students the school district
415	208		has the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school site
416	209		within the district.
417	210		D. After establishing the number of intra-district transfer
418	211		students the school district has the capacity to accept in each
419	212		grade level for each school site , the board of education shall:
420	213		1. Publish in a prominen t place on the school district website
421	214		the number of intra-district transfer students for each grade level
422	215		for each school site within the school district which the district
423	216		has the capacity to accept; and
424	217		2. Report to the State Department of Education th e number of
425	218		intra-district transfer students for each grade le vel for each
426	219		school site within the school district which the district has the
427	220		capacity to accept.
428		-	SECTION 6. This act shall be come effective July 1, 2023.
429		-	SECTION 7. It being immediately ~~necessar y~~ for the preservation
	221	+	SECTION 2. This act shall be come effective July 1, 2023.
	222	+	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
430	223		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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457	251		declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
458	252		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
459		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of March, 2023.
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	253	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: CO MMITTEE ON EDUCATION
	254	+	April 11, 2023 - DO PASS