HB2569 HFLR Page 1 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2569 By: McBride, Fugate, Waldron, and West (Tammy) of the House and Murdock of the Senate 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 submission 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 S ection 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 Bo ard of Education without s pecific legislative statutory authorizatio n. The Office of Educational HB2569 HFLR Page 2 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 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 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 necess ary 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. COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON E DUCATION, dated 02/22/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.