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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 3915 By: Caldwell (Chad)
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to student transfers; amending 70
66	66	O.S. 2021, Section 13 -103, which relates to transfers
67	67	for students with disabilities; directing boards of
68	68	education to adopt policies to determine capacity to
69	69	accept transfer students with disabilities; listing
70	70	criteria for consideration in establishing capacity;
71	71	establishing a process for appe al if transfer is
72	72	denied; directing boa rd to submit certain information
73	73	about transfer approvals and denials; requiring Board
74	74	to share certain data; mandating Office of
75	75	Educational Quality and Accounta bility to perform a
76	76	random audit of transfers; directing Office to set
77	77	capacity if certain inaccuracy is found; and
78	78	providing an effective date .
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87	87	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
88	88	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 13 -103, is
89	89	amended to read as follows:
90	90	Section 13-103. A. Any school district in the state may
91	91	provide suitable facilities and employ qualified teachers and
92	92	therapists for children with disabilities, either in schools,
93	93	classrooms, or in other places as the board of education of the
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145	145	district may deem advisable. When a school district cannot provide
146	146	special educational facilities and qualified teachers, a child may
147	147	be transferred pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4 of Sect ion
148	148	13-101 of this title.
149	149	B. If a child with disabilities is transferred to a school
150	150	district other than the district of residence of the child pursuant
151	151	to the Education Open Transfer Act , the following provisions shall
152	152	apply:
153	153	1. The receiving district s hall establish availability of the
154	154	appropriate program, staff caseloads, and services prior to approval
155	155	of the transfer. Each school district board of education shall
156	156	adopt a policy to determine the number of transfer students with
157	157	disabilities the school district has the capacity to accept based on
158	158	program, staff caseloads, and services no later than January 1,
159	159	2025;
160	160	2. Prior to the approval of the transfer of a child on an
161	161	individualized education program (IEP), a joint IEP conference shall
162	162	be required between the district of residence and the receiving
163	163	district; and
164	164	3. Upon approval of the tra nsfer, the receiving district shall
165	165	claim the child in the average daily membership for state and
166	166	federal funding purposes and shall assume all responsibility for
167	167	education of the child. For state funding purposes, the State
168	168	Department of Education shall include the appropriate grade level
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220	220	weight and all category weights to which the pupil is assigned
221	221	pursuant to the provisions of Section 18 -201.1 of this title wh en
222	222	calculating State Aid pursuant to the provisions of Section 18 -200.1
223	223	of this title, regardl ess of whether the receiving district provides
224	224	education to the student using traditional in -class means or via
225	225	online instruction. When applicable, the receivin g district may
226	226	apply to the Oklahoma Special Education Assistance Fund for
227	227	assistance in meeting any extraordinary costs incurred ;
228	228	4. If a transfer request is denied by the school district, the
229	229	parent or guardian of the student with a disability or the adult
230	230	student, eighteen (18) through twenty-two (22) years of age, with a
231	231	disability may appeal the denial within ten (10) days of
232	232	notification of the denial to the receiving school district board of
233	233	education. The receiving school board shall consider the appeal at
234	234	its next regularly scheduled school board meeting. If the receiving
235	235	school district board of education denies the appeal, the parent,
236	236	guardian, or adult student may appeal the denial within ten (10)
237	237	days of notification of the denied appeal to the State Board of
238	238	Education. The parent, guardian, or adult student shall submit to
239	239	the State Board of Education and the superintendent of the receiving
240	240	school district a notice of appeal on a form prescribed by the
241	241	Board. The appeal shall be considered by the Board at its next
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243	243	student and a representative from the receiving school district may
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295	295	address the Board. The Board shall promulgate rules for the appeals
296	296	process that align with the Education Open Transfer Act ;
297	297	5. Each school district bo ard of education shall submit to the
298	298	State Department of Education the number of students with
299	299	disabilities transfers approved and denied by the district and
300	300	whether each denial was based on program, staff caseload, or
301	301	services capacity. The Department shall make the data available to
302	302	the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability ; and
303	303	6. The Office of Educational Quality and Accountability shall
304	304	randomly select ten percent (10%) of the school districts in the
305	305	state and conduct an audit of each district's approved and denied
306	306	transfers of students with disabilities based on the provisions of
307	307	the policies adopted by the respective school district board of
308	308	education. If the Office finds inaccurate reporting of capacity
309	309	levels set by a school district, the Office shall set the capacity
310	310	for the school district.
311	311	C. Transfers authorized by this section shall be made under
312	312	rules adopted by the State Board of Education. When a child with
313	313	disabilities or pregnant child is unable to attend any school or
314	314	class in the district of residency, the boa rd of education of the
315	315	district may provide for home instruction for the child. The State
316	316	Board of Education is further authorized to cooperate with any
317	317	school district in the state to make it possible for a child with
318	318	disabilities to attend the regular s chool by making special
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370	370	provisions for the transportation of the child, or for special
371	371	equipment, devices, books, supplies or other facilities, or for
372	372	special instruction within the regular school building. The
373	373	provisions for services and transfers as pro vided for in this
374	374	section shall be made with consideration of the least restrictive
375	375	environment and IEP requirements under the Individuals with
376	376	Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
377	377	D. Beginning with the 2008 -2009 school year, a transfer granted
378	378	for a child with disabilities pursuant to paragraph 4 of Section 13 -
379	379	101 of this title for three (3) consecutive years to the same school
380	380	district shall automatically be renewed each year. The district in
381	381	which the child resides shall continue to pay tuition as provid ed
382	382	for in paragraph 4 of Section 13 -101 of this title.
383	383	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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385	385	59-2-9158 EK 01/17/24

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