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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1529 By: Garvin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 1-109, which relates to the school year;
67	67	updating statutory language; modifying minimum number
68	68	of days of instruction required for districts that
69	69	have adopted certain policy; removing certain school-
70	70	hours policy option; removing reference to
71	71	requirements established by the State Board of
72	72	Education for adoption of certain school-hours
73	73	policy; providing an effective date; and declaring an
74	74	emergency.
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -109, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 1-109. A. For all public schools in Oklahoma this
83	83	state, school shall actually be in session and classroom instruction
84	84	offered:
85	85	1. For not less tha n one hundred eighty (180) days; or
86	86	2. For not less than one thousand eighty (1,080) hours each
87	87	school year, if a district board of education adopts a school -hours
88	88	policy and notifies the St ate Board of Education prior to October 15
89	89	of the applicable scho ol year; or
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141	141	3. Beginning with the 2021-2022 2024-2025 school year, for not
142	142	less than one thousand eighty (1,080) hours with a minim um of one
143	143	hundred sixty-five (165) one hundred fifty (150) days of instruction
144	144	each school year, if a district board of education adopts a school -
145	145	hours policy and notifies the State Board of Education prior to
146	146	October 15 of the applicable school year; or
147	147	4. Beginning with the 20 21-2022 school year, for not less t han
148	148	one thousand eighty (1,080) hours each school year, if a district
149	149	board of education adopts a s chool-hours policy, notifies the State
150	150	Board of Education prior to October 15 of the applicable school year
151	151	and meets the requirements established by the State Board of
152	152	Education pursuant to subsection H of this section .
153	153	B. A school district may not count more than thirty (30) hours
154	154	each school year that are used for at tendance of professional
155	155	meetings toward the one hundred eighty (180) days or one thousand
156	156	eighty (1,080) hours of classroom instruction time required in
157	157	subsection A of this section.
158	158	C. Teachers off contract with an employing district shall not
159	159	be required by the employing school district to att end professional
160	160	meetings unless the teacher is paid additional compensation for the
161	161	additional time. Teachers may be paid additional compensation for
162	162	attending professional meetings in excess of their contract te rm.
163	163	Subject to district board of educatio n policy or collective
164	164	bargaining agreement, addi tional paid professional days may be
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216	216	granted for individual teachers to attend or participate in
217	217	professional meetings, staff development training, or National Boa rd
218	218	certification portfolio development as pr ovided for in Section 6 -
219	219	204.2 of this title.
220	220	D. A school district may authorize parent -teacher conferences
221	221	to be held during a regular school day. If authorized by the school
222	222	district, parent-teacher conferences shall be counted as classroom
223	223	instruction time for no more than six (6) hours per semester, for a
224	224	total of twelve (12) hours per school year.
225	225	E. A school district may maintain school for le ss than a full
226	226	school year only when conditions beyond the contr ol of school
227	227	authorities make the maintenanc e of the term impossible and the
228	228	State Board of Education has been apprised and has expressed
229	229	concurrence in writing.
230	230	F. The State Board of Educati on shall establish criteria for an
231	231	extended-day schedule for schoo ls subject to paragraph 1 of
232	232	subsection A of this section. The criteria shall:
233	233	1. Prescribe a lengthened school day within limits determined
234	234	not to be detrimental to quality instruction;
235	235	2. Ensure that the s chedule is equivalent in annual hours of
236	236	instruction to the one-hundred-eighty-day school year specified in
237	237	paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section; and
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289	289	3. Be consistent with the provisions of this section and
290	290	Sections 1-111 and 1-112 of this title, but may result in fewer
291	291	annual days of instruct ion.
292	292	G. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection F of this
293	293	section, a school district board of education subject to paragraph 1
294	294	of subsection A of this section may adopt and implement a n extended-
295	295	day schedule subject to the following requirements:
296	296	1. The annual number of hours of instruction shall equal or
297	297	exceed one thousand eighty (1,080) hours, which is the equivalent of
298	298	one hundred eighty (180) days of instruction as specified in
299	299	subsection A of this section for six (6) hours each day as specified
300	300	in Section 1-111 of this title;
301	301	2. The annual number of days of instruction shall equal o r
302	302	exceed one hundred eighty (180) days as specified in subsection A of
303	303	this section;
304	304	3. The schedule adopted shall be consistent with the provisions
305	305	of Sections 1-111 and 1-112 of this title, except that fo r not more
306	306	than one (1) day per week, a school day shall consist of not less
307	307	than five (5) hours devoted to academic instruction in a regular
308	308	classroom setting;
309	309	4. The district shall hold a public hearing prior to the
310	310	adoption of an extended-day schedule authorized pursuant to this
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363	363	5. The district shall document the impact on student
364	364	achievement as determined by the academic performa nce data score and
365	365	any other relevant factors that are a result of implementation of an
366	366	extended-day schedule authorized pursuant to this subsection and
367	367	provide an annual report to the State Board of Education of the
368	368	results. If improvement in student ach ievement cannot be documented
369	369	in the report, the district board of education shall revoke
370	370	authorization as provided by this subsection. If the district does
371	371	not revoke authorization after student achievement is not documented
372	372	in the report, the State Boar d of Education may d eny accreditation
373	373	of any school in violation of this subsection.
374	374	H. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, a school district
375	375	board of education may adopt a school -hours policy as provided for
376	376	by paragraph 4 of subsection A of this s ection only if it meets or
377	377	exceeds the minimum guidelines for stud ent performance and school
378	378	district cost savings established by the State Board of Educatio n.
379	379	The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules, subject to
380	380	approval by the Legislature, es tablishing the minim um guidelines for
381	381	student performance and sc hool district cost savings.
382	382	I. If subject to paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section , a
383	383	district board of education or designee may elect to close a school
384	384	during the school day for incle ment weather purposes. In such an
385	385	event, the number of hours incu rred in classroom instruction time
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437	437	prior to school closure shall be counted toward the one thousand
438	438	eighty (1,080) hours per year requirement.
439	439	J. I. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting
440	440	the right of an employing school district to req uire teachers as
441	441	defined in Section 6 -101.3 of this title to work in excess of the
442	442	one thousand eighty (1,080) hours required for student instruction.
443	443	In addition, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
444	444	the Fair Labor Standards Act status of a ny school district employee.
445	445	K. J. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the
446	446	Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the Deaf
447	447	from adopting an alternative school -hours policy if the Oklahoma
448	448	School for the Blind or the Oklah oma School for the Deaf notifies
449	449	and receives approval from t he State Board of Education prior to
450	450	October 15 of the applicable school year.
451	451	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
452	452	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessa ry for the preservation
453	453	of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby
454	454	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
455	455	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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