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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3273 By: Baker and McBride of the
House
and
Thompson (Kristen) of the
Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to schools; creating the Intensive
School Support Act; defining terms; directing the
Office of Educational Quality and Accountability to
identify a certain subset of schools for
comprehensive support a nd improvement subject to the
availability of funds; requiring identified schools
to receive additional intensive supp ort; establishing
school improvement committee; selecting independent
school improvement expert; developing and
implementing a continuous improvement plan with
certain criteria; directing Office to identify
independent school improvement experts; providing
contents of contract for independent school
improvement expert; specifying professional fee
amounts; subjecting certain schools to more rigorous
interventions; authorizing contract extension in
certain circumstances ; providing for codification;
and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes a s Section 1210.651 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplicatio n in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Intensive
School Support Act".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codi fied
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.652 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, r eads as follows:
As used in the Intensive School Support Act:
1. "Educator" means any person who is employed to serve as
district superintendent, principal, supervisor, a counselor,
librarian, school nurse , or classroom teacher or in any other
instructional, supervisory , or administrative capacity. The person
shall not be deemed qu alified unless he or she holds a valid
certificate issued by a nd in accordance with the rules of the State
Board of Education or the rules of the State Board of Career and
Technology Education to perform the particular services for which
the person is employed;
2. "Initial year" means the year in which a school is
identified for comprehensive support and improvement ;
3. "Office" means the Office of Educational Quality and
Accountability;
4. "School" means a public school under the control of a school
district board of education; and
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5. "School receiving additional intensive support" means a
school that has been both identified for comprehensive support and
improvement and designated to receive additional intensive support
by the Office of Educational Quality and Accountabi lity.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codif ied
in the Oklahoma Statut es as Section 1210.653 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Subject to the availability of funds, on or before September 1
of the year after the initial year, beginning with the cohort
identified in the 20 23-2024 school year, the Office of Educational
Quality and Accountability shall designate a subset of schools that
have been identified for comprehensive support a nd improvement to
receive additional intensive support.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.654 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fo llows:
A. Subject to the availability of funds, on or before September
1 of the year after the initial year, a school district board of
education governing a school receiving additional intensive su pport
shall establish a schoo l improvement committee composed of, at a
minimum, the following members :
1. One member of the school district board of education
governing the school designated to receive additional intensive
support, selected by the board;
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2. The school principal;
3. Three parents of students enrolled in the school, selected
by the board;
4. Four teachers at the school appointed by the pri ncipal; and
5. Any additional stakeholders that the school district board
of education and the Office of Educational Quality and
Accountability deem appropriate.
B. Where applicable, membership on the school improvement
committee shall overlap with membersh ip on any existing leadership
teams that are involved with school improvement.
C. 1. On or before October 1 after an initial year, a school
district board of education governing a school receiving additional
intensive support shall collaborate with the school improvement
committee to select an independent school improvement expert from
the experts identified by the Office pursuant to Section 5 of the
Intensive School Support Act.
2. An independent school improvement expert shall not be:
a. a member of the school district board of education
governing the school designated to receive additional
intensive support, or
b. an employee of the school district boar d of education
governing the school designated to receive additiona l
intensive support.
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D. The independent school improvement expert selected pursuant
to subsection C of this section shall collaborate with the Office to
assist in the development and implementation of a continuous
improvement plan as required by the Office.
E. A school district board of education governing a school in
need of intervention may:
1. Prioritize funding and resources to the school in need of
intervention; and
2. Grant the school streamlined authority over staff, sche dule,
policies, budget, and academic programs to implement the continuous
improvement plan.
SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.655 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Subject to the availability of funds, on or before August
30, 2024, the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability shall
identify, through a request for proposal s process, one or more
approved independent school improvement experts to:
1. Collaborate with the Office to ensure that all professional
learning, coaching, and other school improvement efforts are aligned
with the support already being provided by the Office to all schools
identified for comprehensive support and improvement ;
2. If deemed necess ary by the school district board of
education and the Office, supplement previous needs assessments,
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collect and analyze data on the school's student achievement ,
personnel, culture, curriculum, assessments, instructional
practices, digital tools for teaching and learning, governance,
leadership, finances , and policies;
3. Recommend changes to the school's culture, curriculum,
assessments, instructional practices , governance, finances,
policies, or other areas based on data collected in paragraph 2 of
this subsection;
4. Support the development and implementation of, in
partnership with the school improvement committee and the Office, a
continuous improvement plan that meets the criteria established by
the Office;
5. Monitor the effectiveness of a continuous improvement plan
through reliable means of evaluation, including on -site visits,
observations, surveys, analysis of student achievement data, and
interviews;
6. Provide ongoing implementation su pport and project
management for a continuous improvemen t plan;
7. Provide high-quality professional development and coaching
personalized for school staff that is designed to build the:
a. leadership capacity of the school principal,
b. instructional capacity of school staff, and
c. collaborative practi ces of teacher and leadership
teams;
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8. Provide job-embedded professional learning and coachin g for
all instructional staff on a weekly basis, at a minimum;
9. Provide job-embedded professional learning and coaching for
the school principal at least twice monthly, focused on proven
strategies to improve schools that are aligned with approved state
leadership frameworks; and
10. Leverage support from community partners to coordinate an
efficient delivery of supports to students both inside and outside
the classroom.
B. In identifying independent school improvement experts
pursuant to subsection A of this section, the Office shall identify
experts who meet evidence-based requirements as provided in the
Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-95), and:
1. Have a credible track record of improving student academic
achievement in public schools w ith various demographic
characteristics, as measured by statewide assessmen ts;
2. Have experience designing, implementing , and evaluating
data-driven instructional systems in public schools;
3. Have experience coaching public school administrators and
teachers on designing and implementing data-driven school
improvement plans;
4. Have experience collaborating with the education entities
that govern public schools;
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5. Have experience delivering high-quality professional
development and coaching i n instructional effectiveness to public
school administrators and teachers;
6. Are willing to be compensated for professional services
based on performance; and
7. Are willing to collaborate with any school in need of
intervention in the state, regardles s of location.
C. 1. When awarding a contract to an independent school
improvement expert selected by a school district board of education
under subsection C of Section 4 of this act , the Office shall ensure
that a contract between a school district board of education and the
independent school improvement expert specifies that the Office
shall:
a. pay an independent school improvement expert no more
than fifty percent (50%) of the ex pert's professional
fees at the beginning of the independent sch ool
improvement expert's work for the school designated to
receive additional intensive sup port, and
b. pay the remainder of the indepe ndent school
improvement expert's professional fees upon the
independent school improvement expert successfully
helping a school receiving additional intensive
support improve so that it no longer qualif ies for
comprehensive support and improvement within three (3)
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school years after a school is identified for
comprehensive support and improvement.
2. In negotiating a contract with an independen t school
improvement expert, the Office may offer:
a. an average of Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($650,000.00) per school for the entirety of the
project,
b. differentiated funds based on student enrollment, and
c. a higher amount of fund s for schools that are in the
lowest-performing one percent (1%) of schools
statewide.
SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.656 of Title 70, unless
there is created a dupl ication in numbering, reads as follows:
A school receiving additional in tensive support that does not
meet exit criteria for comprehensive support and improvement within
three (3) years of identification for comprehensive support and
improvement shall be subject to more rigorous interventio ns as
determined by the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability.
If the school qualifies for more rig orous interventions, the school
may petition the Office to extend the contract with an independent
school improvement expert of a school receiving additional intensive
support.
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SECTION 7. 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 effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
02/29/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.