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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1529 By: Garvin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 1-109, which relates to the school year;
updating statutory language; modifying minimum number
of days of instruction required for districts that
have adopted certain policy; removing certain school-
hours policy option; removing reference to
requirements established by the State Board of
Education for adoption of certain school-hours
policy; 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 this
state, school shall actually be in session and classroom instruction
offered:
1. For not less tha n one hundred eighty (180) days; or
2. For not less than one thousand eighty (1,080) hours each
school year, if a district board of education adopts a school -hours
policy and notifies the St ate Board of Education prior to October 15
of the applicable scho ol year; or
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3. Beginning with the 2021-2022 2024-2025 school year, for not
less than one thousand eighty (1,080) hours with a minim um of one
hundred sixty-five (165) one hundred fifty (150) 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 20 21-2022 school year, for not less t han
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 subsection H of this section .
B. A school district may not count more than thirty (30) hours
each school year that are used for at tendance 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 shall not
be required by the employing school district to att end 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 te rm.
Subject to district board of educatio n policy or collective
bargaining agreement, addi tional 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 Boa rd
certification portfolio development as pr ovided 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 year.
E. A school district may maintain school for le ss than a full
school year only when conditions beyond the contr ol of school
authorities make the maintenanc e 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 schoo ls subject to paragraph 1 of
subsection A of this section. The criteria shall:
1. Prescribe a lengthened school day within limits determined
not to be detrimental to quality instruction;
2. Ensure that the s chedule is equivalent in annual 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 instruct ion.
G. Notwithstanding the provisions 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 instruction 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 o r
exceed one hundred eighty (180) days as specified in subsection A of
this section;
3. The schedule adopted shall be consistent with the provisions
of Sections 1-111 and 1-112 of this title, except that fo r 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 student
achievement as determined by the academic performa nce data score and
any other relevant factors that 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 Education 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 achievement is not documented
in the report, the State Boar d of Education may d eny 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 guidelines for stud ent performance and school
district cost savings established by the State Board of Educatio n.
The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules, subject to
approval by the Legislature, es tablishing the minim um guidelines for
student performance and sc hool district cost savings.
I. If subject to paragraph 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 incu rred in classroom instruction time
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prior to school closure shall be counted toward the one thousand
eighty (1,080) hours per year requirement.
J. I. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting
the right of an employing school district to req uire 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. J. The provisions of this 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 Oklah oma School for the Deaf notifies
and receives approval from t he State Board of Education prior to
October 15 of the applicable school year.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessa ry for the preservation
of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby
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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