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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2675 By: Baker
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; creating a task fo rce to
study and make recommenda tions to modernize state
graduation requirements ; providing expiration date;
providing for membership; requiring appointments by
certain date; requirin g organizational meeting by
certain date; providing for selection of chair and
vice-chair; specifying quorum; providing for
frequency of meetings; subjecting meetin gs to the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; prohibiting compensation
or travel reimbursement for members; providing for
staff support; requiring submission of certain report
by certain date; providing for codification;
providing an effective date; and declaring a n
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 11-103.5a of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created until November 1, 2024, a task force
to study and make recommendations to modernize the high school
graduation requirements in Oklahom a.
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B. The task force shall be comprised of fourteen (14) members
to be appointed as follows:
1. The Chancellor of Higher Education or a designee;
2. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction or a
designee;
3. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and
Technology Education or a designee;
4. The Common Education Committee Chair of the House of
Representatives or designee;
5. The Higher Education and Career Tech Committee chair of the
House of Representatives o r designee;
6. The Education Committee Chair of the Senate or designee;
7. A president of a two-year institution within The Oklahoma
State System of Higher Education or a designee, appointed by the
Chancellor of Higher Education;
8. A president of a comprehensive institution within The
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or a designee, appointed
by the Chancellor of Higher Education;
9. A public school superintendent of a rural school district ,
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representati ves;
10. A public school superintendent of an urban school district,
appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
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11. A superintendent of a technology center school appointed by
the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
Education;
12. A member of a statewide organization representing public
school teachers appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives;
13. A member of a statewide organization representing public
school administrators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate; and
14. A member of a statewide organization representing publi c
school boards of education appointed by the Gov ernor.
C. Appointments to the task force shall be made within thirty
(30) days after the effective date of this act. The task force
shall conduct an organizational meeting no later than September 1,
2023. The task force shall select a chair and vice -chair at the
organization meeting.
D. A quorum of the task force shall be required to approve any
final action of the task force. For purposes of this sectio n, eight
members shall constitute a quorum.
E. The task force may meet as often as may be required to
perform the duties imposed upon it.
F. The meetings of the task force shall be subject to the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
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G. Members of the task force shall receive no compensation or
travel reimbursement.
H. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the
House of Representatives shall provide staff and administrative
support for the task force.
I. The task force shall submit a report of its findings and
recommendations by November 1, 2024, to the Governor, the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after it s passage and approval.
59-1-6015 EK 01/06/23