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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 12 By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 1-109, which relates to th e school year;
removing reference to requirements es tablished by the
State Board of Education for adoption of certain
school-hours policy; allowing adoption of certain
school-hours policy if school sites within a di strict
receive certain overview grade; providing for
maintenance of certain policy under certain
circumstances; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1-109, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-109. A. For all public schools in Oklahoma, school
shall actually be in session and classroom in struction offered:
1. For not less tha n one hundred eighty (180 ) days; or
2. For not less than one t housand eighty (1,080) hours each
school year, if a district board of education adopts a school -hours
policy and notifies the State Board of Education pri or to October 15
of the applicable scho ol year; or
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3. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, for n ot less than
one thousand eighty (1,080) hours with a minimum of one hundred
sixty-five (165) days of instruction each school year, if a district
board of education adopts a school -hours policy and notifies the
State Board of Education prior to October 15 of the applicable
school year; or
4. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, for not less than
one thousand eighty (1,080) hours each school year, if a district
board of education adopts a s chool-hours policy, notifies the State
Board of Education prior to October 15 of the applicable school
year, and meets the requirements established by the State Board of
Education pursuant to set forth in subsection H of this section.
B. A school district may not count more than thirty (30) hours
each school year tha t are used for attendance of professional
meetings toward the one hundred eighty (180) days or one thousand
eighty (1,080) hours of classroom instruction time required in
subsection A of this section.
C. Teachers off contract with an employing district sh all not
be required by the employing school district to attend professional
meetings unless the teacher is paid additional compensation for the
additional time. Teachers may be paid additional compensation for
attending professional meetings in excess of their contract term.
Subject to district board of e ducation policy or collective
bargaining agreement, additional paid professional days may be
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granted for individual teachers to attend or participate in
professional meetings, staff development training, or National Board
certification portfolio developmen t as provided for in Section 6 -
204.2 of this title.
D. A school district may authorize parent -teacher conferences
to be held during a regular school day. If authorized by the school
district, parent-teacher conferences shall be counted as classroom
instruction time for no more than six (6) hours per semester, for a
total of twelve (12) hours per school y ear.
E. A school district may maintain school for le ss than a full
school year only when conditions b eyond the control of school
authorities make the mai ntenance of the term impossible and the
State Board of Education has been apprised and has expressed
concurrence in writing.
F. The State Board of Educati on shall establish criteria for an
extended-day schedule for schools subject to paragraph 1 of
subsection A of this section. The criteria shall:
1. Prescribe a lengthened school day within limits deter mined
not to be detrimental to quality instruction;
2. Ensure that the schedule is equivalent in annu al hours of
instruction to the one -hundred-eighty-day school year specified in
paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section; and
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3. Be consistent with the provisions of this section and
Sections 1-111 and 1-112 of this title, but may result in fewer
annual days of instruction.
G. Notwithstanding the provis ions of subsection F of this
section, a school district board of education subject to paragraph 1
of subsection A of this section may adopt and implement a n extended-
day schedule subject to the following requirements:
1. The annual number of hours of inst ruction shall equal or
exceed one thousand eighty (1,080) hours, which is the equivalent of
one hundred eighty (180) days of instruction as specified in
subsection A of this section for six (6) hours each day as specified
in Section 1-111 of this title;
2. The annual number of days of instruction shall equal or
exceed one hundred eighty (180) days as spec ified in subsection A of
this section;
3. The schedule adopted shall be consistent with the provision s
of Sections 1-111 and 1-112 of this title, except that for not more
than one (1) day per week, a school day shall consist of not less
than five (5) hours devoted to academic instruction in a regular
classroom setting;
4. The district shall hold a public hearing prior to the
adoption of an extended -day schedule authorized pursuant to this
subsection; and
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5. The district shall document the impact on stude nt
achievement as determined by the academic performa nce data score and
any other relevant factors tha t are a result of implementation of an
extended-day schedule authorized pursuant to this subsection and
provide an annual report to the State Board of Edu cation of the
results. If improvement in student ach ievement cannot be documented
in the report, the district board of education shall revoke
authorization as provided by this subsection. If the district does
not revoke authorization after student achiev ement is not documented
in the report, the State Boar d of Education may deny accreditation
of any school in violation of this subsection.
H. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, a school district
board of education may adopt a school -hours policy as provided for
by paragraph 4 of subsection A of this s ection only if it meets or
exceeds the minimum gu idelines for student performance and school
district cost savings established by the State Board of Education.
The State Board of Education shall promulg ate rules, subject to
approval by the Legislature, es tablishing the minimum guidelines for
student performance and school district cost savings each school
site within the district maintains an overview grade of “C” or
better on the annual report issued pursuant to Section 1210.545 of
this title. If the overview grade of one or more school site(s)
within a district with a school -hours policy drops below a “C”, the
district may maintain its school -hours policy for one year ;
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provided, however, all school sites within the district must receive
an overview grade of “C” or better to maintain the school -hours
policy for subsequent year(s).
I. If subject to parag raph 2 of subsection A of this section, a
district board of education or designee may elect to close a school
during the school day for incle ment weather purposes. In such an
event, the number of hours i ncurred in classroom instruction time
prior to school closure shall be counted toward the one thousand
eighty (1,080) hours per year requirement.
J. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the
right of an employing school district to requi re teachers as defined
in Section 6-101.3 of this title to work in excess of the one
thousand eighty (1,080) hours required for student instruction. In
addition, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the
Fair Labor Standards Act status of a ny school district employee.
K. The provisions of t his section shall not prohibit the
Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf
from adopting an alternative school -hours policy if the Oklahoma
School for the Blind or the Oklahoma S chool for the Deaf notifies
and receives approval fr om the State Board of Education prior to
October 15 of the applicable school year.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediatel y necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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