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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2569 By: McBride
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to schools; requiring a moratorium on
certain accreditation rules; mandating a review and
report of accreditat ion statutes and rules; directing
submission of report to certain legislative
officials; providing deadline for submissio n of
report; providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-104.4a of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
Upon the effective date of this act, there shall be a moratorium
on additional accreditation rules approved and imposed upon school
districts by the State Board of Education without s pecific
legislative statutory authorizatio n. The Office of Educational
Quality and Accountability shall conduct a review and prepare a
report of all statutes and rules utilized by the State Board of
Education and State Department of Education to determine
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accreditation standards and deficiencies and submit the report to
the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker
of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the Chair of the Senate
Education Committee, Chair of the Senate Education Appropriatio ns
Subcommittee, Chair of the House Common Education C ommittee, and
Chair of the House Education Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee
no later than January 1, 2024.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effe ct and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
59-1-7623 EK 02/21/23