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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (202 4)
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57	57	HOUSE BILL 3913 By: Caldwell (Chad)
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; directing the State Board
66	66	of Education to establish certai n pilot program
67	67	grants to incentivize phone-free spaces; providing
68	68	application process; prescribing selection of grant
69	69	recipients; providing for use of g rant funds;
70	70	authorizing certain negotiations and contract;
71	71	mandating grant recipients adopt certain policy;
72	72	requiring grant recipients to submit certain report;
73	73	providing for contents of grantee report; directing
74	74	Board to compile information and submit report to
75	75	certain elected officials by specified deadline;
76	76	providing for codification; providing an effect ive
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
85	85	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-201 of Title 70, unless there
86	86	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
87	87	A. The State Board of Education shall establish a one-year
88	88	pilot program for the 2024-2025 school year to provide grants to
89	89	public middle schools , junior high schools, and high schools to
90	90	incentivize phone-free spaces for student learning.
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142	142	B. 1. A public school district seeking a grant to establish a
143	143	phone-free space in a middle school , junior high school, or high
144	144	school site shall apply to the State Board of Education in the
145	145	manner and on a form prescribed by the Board.
146	146	2. After reviewing the applications submitted, the Board shall
147	147	select nine (9) grant recipients as follows:
148	148	a. three school sites, which shall be middle schools,
149	149	junior high schools, or high schools, that each have
150	150	an average daily membership (ADM) of fewer than five
151	151	hundred (500) students,
152	152	b. three school sites, which shall be middle schools ,
153	153	junior high schools, or high schools, that each have
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155	155	fewer than one thousand five hundred (1,500) students,
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157	157	c. three school sites, which shall be middle schools,
158	158	junior high schools, or high schools, that each have
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161	161	3. When selecting grant recipients pursuant to this subsection,
162	162	the Board shall attempt to select a vari ety of schools which are
163	163	broadly representative of schools in the state in terms of
164	164	geographic locations and student populations.
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216	216	C. The grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be used to
217	217	purchase devices or equipment in which students enrolled in a grant-
218	218	recipient school site can store their cell phones during the school
219	219	day. In conjunction with the Office of Management and Enterprise
220	220	Services, the State Board of Education may negotiate and contract
221	221	with a vendor to offer a state rate price to grant recipient school
222	222	sites.
223	223	D. School sites awarded grants pursuant to this section shall
224	224	adopt a policy regarding emergen cy use of cell phones by students
225	225	during the school day including, but not limited to, medical issues
226	226	documented by a licensed medical professi onal.
227	227	E. Upon completion of th e pilot program, grant recipient school
228	228	sites shall electronically submit a report to the State Board of
229	229	Education that includes the following information:
230	230	1. An evaluation of the pilot program by recipient school site
231	231	teachers and administrators, including their perception of whether
232	232	the program had an impact on student engagement in the classroom;
233	233	2. An evaluation of the pilot program by recipient school site
234	234	students, including their perception of whether the program had an
235	235	impact on their ability to be engaged and learn in the classroom;
236	236	3. Academic performance data, dis aggregated by grade level, for
237	237	students who are enrolled in recipient school sites over the three -
238	238	year pilot program period; and
239	239	4. Recommendations, if any, for expanded prog ram operations.
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291	291	F. By December 31, 2025, the State Board of Education shall
292	292	compile the information submitted pursuant to subse ction E of this
293	293	section and electronically submit a report to the Governor, the
294	294	Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives , and the President
295	295	Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.
296	296	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
297	297	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessar y for the preservation
298	298	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
299	299	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
300	300	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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302	302	59-2-9160 EK 01/12/24

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