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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Le gislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3501 By: West (Tammy)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; defining term;
authorizing the State Board of Education to assist in
establishing communit y school pilot projects;
subjecting award of grants to available funding;
providing for scope of pilot projects; requiring
minimum elements for contents of project plans;
providing for additional components for project;
permitting promulgation of rules and regulations;
allowing assistance in accessing certain funds;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codif ied
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.560 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section, "community schools" means public
schools that provide services and supports which fit the needs of
each neighborhood, created and run by the people who know their
children best: families, educators, community organizations, local
governments, and the students the mselves, all working together.
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Community schools offer evidence -based pathways by providing
tailored services before, during, and after school.
B. The State Board of Education may assist and, i f funding is
available, award grants to school district boards of education to
establish pilot projects that create community schools within a
school district or at a school site. Projects may involve entire
districts, individual school sites, a combinatio n of school sites,
or elements of school sites individually o r in combination.
C. Pilot project plans for community schools shall contain the
following minimum elements:
1. A person designated as the community school coordinator, who
shall complete leaders hip training provided by an Oklahoma -based
nonprofit organization that uses the science of hope to improve
classrooms and campuses;
2. A comprehensive needs assessment process that includes the
following stakeholders:
a. parents,
b. community leaders,
c. teachers,
d. site and district administrators,
e. other education employees, and
f. students, where age-appropriate;
3. Site-based collaborative leadership, practices, and shared
responsibility; and
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4. An ongoing stakeholder engagement process.
Pilot projects for community schools, when possible, shall also
address additional components including , but not limited to,
strengthened curriculum and academic programs, expanded learning
opportunities, and integrated student supports or wraparound
services.
D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules an d
regulations for the operation and implementation of the pilot
projects and to assist s chool districts in accessing pilot start -up
funds from the United States Department of Education for selected
projects.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-9450 EK 12/14/23