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| 28 | + | ENGROSSED SENATE AMENDMENT | |
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| 3 | 31 | BILL NO. 2180 By: Lowe (Dick) of the House | |
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| 7 | - | Thompson (Kristen), | |
| 8 | - | Stanley, Coleman, Garvin, | |
| 9 | - | Newhouse, Daniels, Pugh, | |
| 10 | - | and Stewart of the Senate | |
| 35 | + | Thompson (Kristen) of the | |
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| 16 | 42 | An Act relating to virtual charter schools; amending | |
| 17 | 43 | 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -145.8, which relates to | |
| 18 | 44 | virtual charter school attendance; modifying | |
| 19 | 45 | attendance requirements for virtual charter school | |
| 20 | 46 | alternative education programs; defining term; | |
| 21 | 47 | clarifying timing requirement for completion of | |
| 22 | 48 | instructional activities; authorizing virtual charter | |
| 23 | 49 | school alternative education program to request a | |
| 24 | 50 | certain student waiver; directing office of | |
| 25 | 51 | accreditation to review the request and make a | |
| 26 | 52 | determination; requiring co ntinued attendance while | |
| 27 | 53 | waiver is being reviewed; updating internal | |
| 28 | 54 | references; and providing an effective date . | |
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| 32 | - | SUBJECT: Virtual charter schools | |
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| 60 | + | AUTHOR: Add the following Senate Coauthors: Stanley, Coleman, | |
| 61 | + | Garvin, Newhouse, Daniels, and Pugh | |
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| 64 | + | AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the title, enacting clause and | |
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| 68 | + | “An Act relating to school employees; entitling full- | |
| 69 | + | time public school district employees who have worked | |
| 70 | + | for a certain amount of time to certain amount of | |
| 71 | + | paid maternity leave; directing maternity leave be in | |
| 72 | + | addition to certain sick leave; prohibiting employ ee | |
| 73 | + | on maternity leave from being deprived of certa in | |
| 74 | + | compensation or benefits; directing the Legislature | |
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| 101 | + | to appropriate adequate funding to provide paid | |
| 102 | + | maternity leave to certain school employees; | |
| 103 | + | providing for allocation of funds if certain | |
| 104 | + | appropriation is not made; providing for promulgation | |
| 105 | + | of rules; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -104.1, | |
| 106 | + | which relates to leave without pay for teachers; | |
| 107 | + | updating statutory reference; allowing maternity | |
| 108 | + | leave in addition to certain sick leave and extended | |
| 109 | + | leave; updating statutory language; amending 70 O.S. | |
| 110 | + | 2021, Section 6-104.5, which relates to pay | |
| 111 | + | deductions for certain le ave; adding statutory | |
| 112 | + | reference; allowing certain deductions after | |
| 113 | + | exhausting certain sick leave and maternity leave; | |
| 114 | + | amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.6, which relates | |
| 115 | + | to establishment of leave sharing programs; allowing | |
| 116 | + | certain district employees to p articipate in certain | |
| 117 | + | shared leave after exhausting maternity leave; | |
| 118 | + | requiring maternity leave and sick leave to be used | |
| 119 | + | prior to shared sick leave; making language gender | |
| 120 | + | neutral; providing for cod ification; providing an | |
| 121 | + | effective date; and declaring an e mergency. | |
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| 34 | 125 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | |
| 126 | + | SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | |
| 127 | + | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-104.8 of Title 70, unless | |
| 128 | + | there is created a du plication in numbering, reads as follows: | |
| 129 | + | A. A full-time employee of a public school district in this | |
| 130 | + | state who has been employed by the school distric t for at least one | |
| 131 | + | year and has worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) | |
| 132 | + | hours during the preceding twelve-month period shall be entitled to | |
| 133 | + | eight (8) weeks of paid maternity leave following the birth of the | |
| 134 | + | employee’s child. The eight (8) weeks of paid maternity leave shall | |
| 135 | + | be used immediately following the birth of the school district | |
| 136 | + | employee’s child. | |
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| 36 | - | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -145.8, is | |
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| 163 | + | B. Paid maternity leave provided pursuant to this section shall | |
| 164 | + | be in addition to and not in place of s ick leave due to pregnancy, | |
| 165 | + | as provided for in Section 6-104 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma | |
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| 167 | + | C. A school district employee who takes maternity leave | |
| 168 | + | pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be deprive d of | |
| 169 | + | any compensation or other benefi ts to which the employee is | |
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| 171 | + | D. Each fiscal year, the Legislature shall appropr iate adequate | |
| 172 | + | funding to the State Board of Education for the purpose of providing | |
| 173 | + | paid maternity leave to eligible scho ol district employees pursuant | |
| 174 | + | to this act. If the Legislature does not appropriate adequate | |
| 175 | + | funding specifically for the purpose of pr oviding paid maternity | |
| 176 | + | leave to school district employees , the State Board of Education | |
| 177 | + | shall allocate from the funds ap propriated to the State Board of | |
| 178 | + | Education for the support of public school activiti es an amount to | |
| 179 | + | fully fund paid maternity leave. | |
| 180 | + | E. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to | |
| 181 | + | implement the provisions of this section. | |
| 182 | + | SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.1, is | |
| 37 | 183 | amended to read as follows : | |
| 184 | + | Section 6-104.1. After exhausting sick leave and extended leave | |
| 185 | + | pursuant to Sections 6 -104 and 6-104.5 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma | |
| 186 | + | Statutes this title and maternity leav e pursuant to Section 1 of | |
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| 213 | + | this act, a full-time teacher who, with the proper approv al of the | |
| 214 | + | district board of education, takes not mor e than ninety (90) school | |
| 215 | + | days of leave without pay to ca re for the teacher’s child during the | |
| 216 | + | first year of the child ’s life, shall receive full credit for the | |
| 217 | + | days on leave without pay as though the tea cher had been on leave | |
| 218 | + | with pay for purposes of comp uting experience for the minimum | |
| 219 | + | teacher salary schedule. A teacher on leave without pay pursuant to | |
| 220 | + | this section who pays the actuarial cost, as determined by the Board | |
| 221 | + | of Trustees of the Teachers ’ Retirement System of Oklahoma, shall | |
| 222 | + | have the period during which such leave without pay is taken, | |
| 223 | + | counted toward retirement service credit as though the teacher had | |
| 224 | + | been on leave with pay. The teacher shall notify their his or her | |
| 225 | + | employer and the System in writing w ithin thirty (30) days from the | |
| 226 | + | date he or she returns to service that they he or she will pay such | |
| 227 | + | actuarial cost. The teacher shall have up to twelve (12) months | |
| 228 | + | from the date he or she returns to s ervice to pay such actuarial | |
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| 230 | + | SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6-104.5, is | |
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| 232 | + | Section 6-104.5. A. If, after exhausting all sick leave | |
| 233 | + | pursuant to Section 6 -104 of this title and maternity leave pursuant | |
| 234 | + | to Section 1 of this act, a teacher is absent from his or her duties | |
| 235 | + | due to personal accidental injury, illness, or pregnancy, the | |
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| 262 | + | teacher shall receive for a period of not to exceed twenty (20) days | |
| 263 | + | his or her full contract salary less the amount: | |
| 264 | + | 1. actually Actually paid a certified substit ute teacher for | |
| 265 | + | his or her position if a certified substitute teacher is hired; or | |
| 266 | + | 2. normally Normally paid a certified substitute teacher for | |
| 267 | + | his or her position if a c ertified substitute teacher is not hired. | |
| 268 | + | B. The district’s plan may provide that th e teacher is entitled | |
| 269 | + | to payment for accrued but unused sick leave upon termination of | |
| 270 | + | employment. | |
| 271 | + | SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -104.6, is | |
| 272 | + | amended to read as follows: | |
| 273 | + | Section 6-104.6. A. The board of education of each school | |
| 274 | + | district may establish a leave sharing program for all district | |
| 275 | + | employees. The program shall permit district employees to donate | |
| 276 | + | sick leave to a fellow distr ict employee who is pregnant or | |
| 277 | + | recovering from childbirth or who is suffering from o r has a | |
| 278 | + | relative or household member suffering from an extraordinary or | |
| 279 | + | severe illness, injury, impa irment, or physical or mental condition | |
| 280 | + | which has caused or is likely t o cause the employee to take leave | |
| 281 | + | without pay or to terminate employment. | |
| 282 | + | B. As used in this section: | |
| 283 | + | 1. “Relative of the employee” means a spouse, child, stepchild, | |
| 284 | + | grandchild, grandparent, stepparent, or parent of the employee; | |
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| 311 | + | 2. “Household members” means those persons who reside in the | |
| 312 | + | same home, who have reciprocal duties to and d o provide financial | |
| 313 | + | support for one another. This term shall include foster children | |
| 314 | + | and legal wards even if they do not live in the household. The term | |
| 315 | + | does not include persons sharing the same general house, when the | |
| 316 | + | living style is primarily that of a dormitory or commune; | |
| 317 | + | 3. “Severe” or “extraordinary” means serious, extreme, or life- | |
| 318 | + | threatening including temporary disability resulting from pregnancy, | |
| 319 | + | miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery therefrom; and | |
| 320 | + | 4. “District employee” means a teacher or any full-time | |
| 321 | + | employee of the school district. | |
| 322 | + | C. A district employee may be eligible to receive shared leave | |
| 323 | + | pursuant to the following conditions: | |
| 324 | + | 1. The board of education determines that the employee meets | |
| 325 | + | the criteria described in this section; and | |
| 326 | + | 2. The employee has abided by district policies regarding the | |
| 327 | + | use of sick leave. | |
| 328 | + | D. A district employee may donate annual leave to another | |
| 329 | + | district employee only pursuant to the following conditions: | |
| 330 | + | 1. The receiving employee has exhausted, or will exhaust, only | |
| 331 | + | maternity leave granted pursuant to Section 1 of this act or sick | |
| 332 | + | leave earned pursuant to Sect ion 6-104 of this title due to | |
| 333 | + | pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth and r ecovery therefrom, an | |
| 334 | + | illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition, w hich | |
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| 361 | + | is of an extraordinary or severe nature, and involves the employee, | |
| 362 | + | a relative of the employee , or household member; | |
| 363 | + | 2. The condition has caused, or is likely to cau se, the | |
| 364 | + | employee to go on leave without p ay or to terminate employment; | |
| 365 | + | 3. The board of education of the district permits the leave to | |
| 366 | + | be shared with an eligible employee; | |
| 367 | + | 4. The amount of leave to be donated is within the limits set | |
| 368 | + | by the board of educ ation of the district; and | |
| 369 | + | 5. District employees may not donate excess sick leave th at the | |
| 370 | + | donor would not be able to otherwise take. | |
| 371 | + | E. The board of education of each school district shall | |
| 372 | + | determine the amount of donated leave an employee may receive. | |
| 373 | + | F. The board of education shall require t he employee to submit, | |
| 374 | + | prior to approval or disapproval, a medical certificate from a | |
| 375 | + | licensed physician or health care practitioner verifying t he severe | |
| 376 | + | or extraordinary nature and expected duration of the conditio n. | |
| 377 | + | G. Donated sick leave is transferable between employees of | |
| 378 | + | different school distr icts in the state with the agreement of both | |
| 379 | + | boards of education of each school district. | |
| 380 | + | H. The receiving employee shall be paid the regular rate of pay | |
| 381 | + | of the employee. The sick leave received will be designa ted as | |
| 382 | + | shared sick leave and be maintained s eparately from all other sick | |
| 383 | + | leave balances. | |
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| 410 | + | I. Any donated sick leave may only be used by the rec ipient for | |
| 411 | + | the purposes specified in this section. | |
| 412 | + | J. Only Maternity leave granted pursuant to Section 1 of thi s | |
| 413 | + | act and sick leave earned pursuant to Sect ion 6-104 of this title | |
| 414 | + | available for use by the recipient must shall be used prior to using | |
| 415 | + | shared sick leave. | |
| 416 | + | K. Any shared sick leave not used by the recipient during each | |
| 417 | + | occurrence as determined by the boar d of education shall be returned | |
| 418 | + | to the donor. The shared sick leave remaining will be divided among | |
| 419 | + | the donors on a prorated basis based on th e original donated value | |
| 420 | + | and returned at its original donor value and r einstated to the | |
| 421 | + | annual leave balance of each donor. | |
| 422 | + | L. All donated sick leave must shall be given voluntarily. No | |
| 423 | + | employee shall be coerced, threatened, intimidated, or financially | |
| 424 | + | induced into donating sick leave for purposes of the leave sharing | |
| 425 | + | program. | |
| 426 | + | M. In addition to the sick leave sha ring program provided for | |
| 427 | + | in this section, the board of education of each school district may | |
| 428 | + | establish a sick leave sharing bank for all distri ct employees. A | |
| 429 | + | district employee may donate sick leave to a common fu nd which may | |
| 430 | + | be used by any district empl oyee who is eligible to receive shared | |
| 431 | + | leave as set forth in subsection A of this section. The terms and | |
| 432 | + | conditions for donation and use of sic k leave to a leave sharing | |
| 433 | + | bank shall be subject to the provisions of t his section, unless | |
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| 460 | + | negotiations, entered into pursuant to Section 509.1 et seq. of t his | |
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| 462 | + | terms and conditions for a s ick leave sharing bank in excess of | |
| 463 | + | those provided for in this section. | |
| 464 | + | SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | |
| 465 | + | SECTION 6. It being immediately nece ssary for the preservation | |
| 466 | + | of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby | |
| 467 | + | declared to exist, by reason whereof t his act shall take effect and | |
| 468 | + | be in full force from and after its passage and approva l.” | |
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| 471 | + | Passed the Senate the 27th day of April, 2023. | |
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| 478 | + | Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, | |
| 479 | + | 2023. | |
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| 511 | + | ENGROSSED HOUSE | |
| 512 | + | BILL NO. 2180 By: Lowe (Dick) of the House | |
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| 516 | + | Thompson (Kristen) of the | |
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| 523 | + | An Act relating to virtual charter schools; amending | |
| 524 | + | 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3 -145.8, which relates to | |
| 525 | + | virtual charter school attendance; modifying | |
| 526 | + | attendance requirements for virtual charter school | |
| 527 | + | alternative education programs; defini ng term; | |
| 528 | + | clarifying timing requirement for completion of | |
| 529 | + | instructional activities; authorizing virtual charter | |
| 530 | + | school alternative education program to request a | |
| 531 | + | certain student waiver; directing office of | |
| 532 | + | accreditation to review the request and make a | |
| 533 | + | determination; requiring co ntinued attendance while | |
| 534 | + | waiver is being reviewed; updating internal | |
| 535 | + | references; and providing an effective date . | |
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| 541 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | |
| 542 | + | SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 70 O. S. 2021, Section 3-145.8, is | |
| 543 | + | amended to read as follow s: | |
| 39 | 544 | Section 3-145.8 A. It shall be the duty of each virtual | |
| 40 | 545 | charter school approved and sponsored by the Statewide Virtual | |
| 41 | 546 | Charter School Board pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 -145.3 | |
| 42 | 547 | of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title to keep a full and | |
| 43 | 548 | complete record of the attendance of all students enrolled in the | |
| 44 | 549 | virtual charter school in one of the student information systems | |
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| 45 | 576 | approved by the State Department of Education and locally selected | |
| 46 | - | by the virtual school from the ap proved list. ENR. H. B. NO. 2180 Page 2 | |
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| 577 | + | by the virtual school from the ap proved list. | |
| 48 | 578 | B. By July 1, 2020, the governing body of each virtual charter | |
| 49 | 579 | school shall adopt an attendanc e policy. The policy may allow | |
| 50 | 580 | attendance to be a proportional amount of the required attendance | |
| 51 | 581 | policy provisions based upon the date of enrollmen t of the student. | |
| 52 | 582 | The attendance policy shall include the following provisions: | |
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| 54 | 583 | 1. The first date of atten dance and membership shall be the | |
| 55 | 584 | first date the student completes an instructional activity. | |
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| 57 | 585 | 2. A student who atten ds a virtual charter school sha ll be | |
| 58 | 586 | considered in attendance for a quarter if the student: | |
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| 60 | 587 | a. completes instructional activities on no les s than | |
| 61 | 588 | ninety percent (90%) of the days within the quarter, | |
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| 63 | 589 | b. is on pace for on-time completion of the course as | |
| 64 | 590 | defined by the governing board of the virtual charter | |
| 65 | 591 | school, or | |
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| 67 | 592 | c. completes no less than seventy -two instructional | |
| 68 | 593 | activities within the qua rter of the academic year. | |
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| 70 | 594 | 3. For a student who does not meet any of the criteria set | |
| 71 | 595 | forth in paragraph 1 or 2 of t his subsection, the amount of | |
| 72 | 596 | attendance recorded shal l be the greater of: | |
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| 74 | 597 | a. the number of school days during which the student | |
| 75 | 598 | completed the instructional activities during the | |
| 76 | 599 | quarter, | |
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| 78 | 626 | b. the number of school days proportional to the | |
| 79 | 627 | percentage of the course that has been completed, or | |
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| 81 | 628 | c. the number of school days proportional to the | |
| 82 | 629 | percentage of the required minimum number of completed | |
| 83 | 630 | instructional activities during the quarter. | |
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| 85 | 631 | C. For the purposes of this section, "instructional activities" | |
| 86 | 632 | shall include instructional meetings wi th a teacher, completed | |
| 87 | 633 | assignments that are used to record a grade for a student that is | |
| 88 | 634 | factored into the student's grade for the semester during which the | |
| 89 | 635 | assignment is completed, testing and school -sanctioned field trips, | |
| 90 | 636 | and orientation. | |
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| 92 | 637 | D. A student enrolled in a virtual charter school alternative | |
| 93 | 638 | education program designated by the State Department of Ed ucation | |
| 94 | 639 | who attends a full abbreviated school day shall be counted in full | |
| 95 | 640 | attendance for purposes of computing the a verage daily attendance | |
| 96 | 641 | and average daily membership o f the virtual charter school. For | |
| 97 | 642 | purposes of this subsection, "full abbreviated sch ool day" shall | |
| 98 | 643 | mean one hundred eighty-nine (189) hours per quarter or seven | |
| 99 | 644 | hundred fifty-six (756) hours per school year. | |
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| 101 | 645 | E. Each statewide virtual charter school appro ved and sponsored | |
| 102 | 646 | by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pursuant to the | |
| 103 | 647 | provisions of Section 3-145.3 of this title shall offer a student | |
| 104 | 648 | orientation, notify the parent or legal guardian and eac h student | |
| 105 | 649 | who enrolls in that school of the requiremen t to participate in the | |
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| 106 | 676 | student orientation, and require all students enrolled to com plete | |
| 107 | 677 | the student orientation prior to completing any other instructional | |
| 108 | 678 | activity. The Statewide Virtual Charter Sc hool Board shall | |
| 109 | 679 | promulgate rules to develop materials for orientation. | |
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| 111 | 680 | E. F. Any student that who is behind pace and does not complete | |
| 112 | 681 | an instructional activity for a fifteen-school-day period fifteen | |
| 113 | 682 | (15) consecutive days, including weekends, shall be withdrawn for | |
| 114 | 683 | truancy. The virtual charter school shal l submit a notification to | |
| 115 | 684 | the parent or legal guardian of a student who has been wit hdrawn for | |
| 116 | 685 | truancy or is approaching truancy. | |
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| 120 | 687 | G. 1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this s ubsection, a | |
| 121 | 688 | student who is reported for truancy two times in the sa me school | |
| 122 | 689 | year shall be withdrawn and prohibited from enrolling in the same | |
| 123 | 690 | virtual charter school for the remainder of the school year. | |
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| 125 | 691 | 2. If a student is enrolled in a virtual charter school | |
| 126 | 692 | alternative education program designated by the State Departme nt of | |
| 127 | 693 | Education, the virtual charter school may request a waiver of the | |
| 128 | 694 | enrollment prohibition from the Department on behalf of a student | |
| 129 | 695 | enrolled at the virtual charter school who is reported for truan cy | |
| 130 | 696 | two times in the same school year. The office of accreditation | |
| 131 | 697 | shall review the waiver request and determine whether the student | |
| 132 | 698 | should be allowed to continue attending the virtual charter school. | |
| 133 | 699 | The student shall continue attending the virtual chart er school | |
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| 137 | 728 | G. H. The governing body of each statewide virtual c harter | |
| 138 | 729 | school shall develop, adopt and post on the school's website a | |
| 139 | 730 | policy regarding consequences for a student's f ailure to attend | |
| 140 | 731 | school and complete ins tructional activities. The policy shall | |
| 141 | 732 | state, at a minimum, that if a student fails to consistent ly attend | |
| 142 | 733 | school and complete instructional activities after receiving a | |
| 143 | 734 | notification pursuant to subsection E F of this section and | |
| 144 | 735 | reasonable intervention st rategies have been implemented, a student | |
| 145 | 736 | shall be subject to certain consequences including with drawal from | |
| 146 | 737 | the school for truancy. | |
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| 148 | 738 | H. I. If a statewide virtual charter school withdraws a student | |
| 149 | 739 | pursuant to subsections F and G and H of this section, the virtual | |
| 150 | 740 | charter school shall immediately notify the student's resident | |
| 151 | 741 | district in writing of th e student's disenrollment. | |
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| 153 | 742 | I. J. The provisions of subsections F, G, H, and H I of this | |
| 154 | 743 | section shall not be in effe ct until the implementation of | |
| 155 | 744 | subsection H of Section 3-145.3 of this title. | |
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| 157 | 745 | J. K. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board may promulg ate | |
| 158 | 746 | rules to implement the provisions of this section. | |
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| 160 | - | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. ENR. H. B. NO. 2180 Page 5 | |
| 161 | - | Passed the House of Rep resentatives the 22nd day of May, 2023. | |
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| 179 | - | OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR | |
| 180 | - | Received by the Office of the Governor this ___ _________________ | |
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| 182 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
| 183 | - | Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____ | |
| 184 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
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| 188 | - | Governor of the State of Oklahoma | |
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| 190 | - | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE | |
| 191 | - | Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ | |
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| 193 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
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