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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	HOUSE BILL 3244 By: Nichols
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; directing the Oklahoma
66	66	State Regents for Higher Education to establish an
67	67	education partnership gra nt program; subjecting
68	68	program to the availability of funds; describing
69	69	program purpose; prescribing duties for program
70	70	oversight to the State Regents; requiring alignment
71	71	with existing programs; mandating grant reci pient
72	72	programming to address certain iss ues; providing for
73	73	consultation with grant recipients to develop and
74	74	measure indicators and outcomes of programs;
75	75	establishing program requirements; directing biennial
76	76	report on education partnership program to certain
77	77	elected officials; providing for codification; and
78	78	providing an effective date.
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85	85	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
86	86	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
87	87	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.559 of Title 70, unless
88	88	there is created a duplication in n umbering, reads as follows:
89	89	A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall
90	90	establish a grant program, subject to the availability of funds,
91	91	supporting a coalition of coordinated, aligned education
92	92	partnerships, for a comprehensive network of evidence -based support
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144	144	services designed to close opportunity gaps by improving educational
145	145	and developmental outcomes of students and their families within
146	146	communities experiencing poverty and impediments to economic
147	147	viability.
148	148	B. The State Regents shall establish education partnership
149	149	program requirements, an application process and timeline for
150	150	grants, criteria for evaluation of applications, and a grant awards
151	151	process. The process shall minimize administrative costs, mini mize
152	152	burdens for applicants and grant recip ients, and provide a framework
153	153	that permits flexibility in program design and implementation among
154	154	grant recipients.
155	155	C. The education partnership program shall align with programs
156	156	implemented or proposed by organ izations in the state that:
157	157	1. Identify and increase the capacity of organizations that are
158	158	focused on achieving data -driven, locally controlled, positive
159	159	outcomes for children and youth throughout an entire neighborhood or
160	160	geographic area;
161	161	2. Build a continuum of educational family and community
162	162	supports with academically rigorous schools at the center;
163	163	3. Maximize program efficiencies by integrating programmatic
164	164	activities and eliminating administra tive barriers;
165	165	4. Develop local infrastructure needed to sustain and scale up
166	166	proven and effective solutions beyond the initial neighborhood or
167	167	geographic area;
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219	219	5. Utilize appropriate outcome measures based on unique
220	220	community needs and interests and app ly rigorous evaluation on a
221	221	periodic basis to be used to both monitor outcomes and allow for
222	222	continuous improvements to systems;
223	223	6. Collect and utilize data to improve student outcomes;
224	224	7. Share disaggregated performance data with the community to
225	225	set community-level outcomes;
226	226	8. Employ continuous improvem ent processes;
227	227	9. Have a tribal entity, co mmunity foundation, higher education
228	228	institution, or community -based organization as an anchor entity
229	229	managing the partnership;
230	230	10. Convene a cross-sector leadership group and have a
231	231	documented accountability str ucture; and
232	232	11. Demonstrate use of private funds, from multiple sources,
233	233	including in-kind contributions.
234	234	D. A grant recipient's supportive service s programming shall
235	235	address:
236	236	1. Kindergarten readiness and youth development;
237	237	2. Third grade reading proficiency;
238	238	3. Middle school or junior high mathematics;
239	239	4. High school graduation;
240	240	5. Postsecondary educational enrollment;
241	241	6. Postsecondary education completion or attainment;
242	242	7. Physical and mental health;
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294	294	8. Development of career skills and readines s;
295	295	9. Parental engagement and development;
296	296	10. Community engagement and programmatic alignment; and
297	297	11. Reduction of remedial education.
298	298	E. The State Regents, in consultation with grant recipients,
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300	300	1. Develop and revise core indicators of progr ess toward
301	301	outcomes specifying program impacts;
302	302	2. Establish a reporting system for grant recipients to measure
303	303	program outcomes using data sources and program goals; and
304	304	3. Evaluate effectiveness based on the core indicators
305	305	established by each partners hip.
306	306	F. A grant recipient's education partnership program in the
307	307	planning, development, or implementation phase shall include:
308	308	1. Integrated supportive services programming, as provided in
309	309	subsection D of this section, within a specific community or
310	310	geographic area for all ages of children and youth and their
311	311	families within that area, provided that services may be phased in
312	312	to all ages over time; and
313	313	2. A system for evaluating goals and outcomes as pr ovided in
314	314	subsection E of this section .
315	315	G. By December 15 of each odd-numbered year, the State Regents
316	316	shall submit a report on the education partnership program to the
317	317	Speaker and Minority Leader of the Oklahoma House of
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369	369	Representatives, President Pro Tempore and Mino rity Leader of the
370	370	Oklahoma State Senate, and the Governor. At a minimum, the report
371	371	shall summarize grantee ac tivities, identify grant recipients and
372	372	awards, analyze program performance measures and outcomes, and make
373	373	any recommendations for legi slative changes.
374	374	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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